Plants for Wet and Boggy Areas

Some gardens are in situations where they have bedrock not far underneath the topsoil, or have heavy clay, or some other reason for poor drainage, this means that, especially after rain, the soil is very wet. Many plants will simply not tolerate these conditions, their roots rot, and they die. If you're wondering what to do, adding something like gypsum to the soil will help break down the clay and improve drainage.

However, if you don't want to be adding vast quantities of gypsum to your soil, as it does cost money, then here is a list of plants that will tolerate those conditions. Obviously many of them will only grow in certain zones, which can be found by clicking on the plant name.

Feel free to add to this list.

• Australian native violet (Viola banksii)
• Australian violet (Viola hederacea)
• Acantus (Acanthus mollis)
• Blueberry ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)
• Bottlebrushes (Callistermon sp.)
• Calla lily (Zantedeschia sp.)
• Canna lily (Canna x generalis)
• Sophora sp.
• Evergreen alder (Alnus acuminata)
• Lilly Pilly (Syzgium australe)
• New Zealand flax (Phorium tenax)
• Norfolk Island tree fern (Cyathea brownii)
• Paperbarks (Melaleuca sp.)
• Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus)
• Pohutukawa (Metrosideros Excelsa)
• Rushes (Junucus sp.)
• Sedges (Carex sp.)
• Swamp banksia (Banksi robur)
• Swamp lily (Crinum pedunculatum)
• Tree ferns (Cyathea australis, Cyathea cooperi, Cyathea dealbata, Dicksonia antarctica
• Venus fly-trap (Dionaea muscipula)