Candelabra primulas are perhaps the best flowering ground cover plants for damp and soggy soils. I have grown these colorful, low-growing blooms when working as a professional gardener in South Wales, ...

Many gardeners find it a challenge identifying plants for wet soil. Most plots have dank, wet spots where water tends to sit, brooks overflow, springs discharge or there is a naturally high water ...

A damp-soil-tolerant grassy plant that grows 1 to 2 feet tall. 6.) Blue flag iris (Iris versicolor). A strappy-bladed perennial that gets blue flowers in late spring.

There are a number of native plants that not only tolerate but thrive in damp soils. If you are seeking a large tree, baldcypress, Taxodium distichum , (Zone 4 to 9) is an excellent choice.

Willows are a popular landscaping tree that adds beauty and elegance to your garden. They are also one of the best trees for silty soil. They grow on river banks for a reason, loving the silty ...

Plants know what they want and will not behave the way you want them to unless you accommodate their wishes. Let’s look at a few that love wet feet.

Sometimes the simplest solution for a problem area in your landscape is to work with the existing conditions rather than trying to change the environment. This is especially true for areas in your ...

Keep the soil around new plants consistently damp until the ground freezes in late fall. You don't want your plants going into winter bone-dry. That's especially harmful to evergreens.

As a result, this texture is dense and wet, not leaving much room for air and water movement/drainage for plants. In addition, clay soil can compact easily, and is prone to cracking in dry weather ...

Question: I have tried growing my own vegetable plants for a couple of years, but they always seem to fail. I am careful with the watering and following the directions on the seed packages. Most ...

It’s been a rainy winter, but soon the air will warm and the soil will dry out. Take advantage of still-damp soils in February to get ornamental plants established now. Watch for signs of growth ...

That can give rise to a paradox: Wet, compacted soil in which plants are dying of thirst. “When trees and other plants fail to thrive, it’s often because they are struggling in compacted soil ...