Japanese irises like damp soil, so planting them before frost is a good idea to acclimate them to their new spot. Japanese irises do well in loamy soil and are suitable for areas where water tends ...

Moisture-lovers require damp soil but need good drainage for long-term ... plants like royal fern (Osmunda regalis) and cultivars of Iris laevigata can flourish where water levels fluctuate ...

Blue flag irises prefer to grow in damp conditions, beside a pond, or in a rain garden. But they will grow anywhere where the soil stays moist and can even be grown in containers. The flowers ...

5.) Sweet flag (Acorus). 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.

These beauties will bloom in standing water, or in damp soil. They are like the Siberian iris, but their falls (petals) lay back almost flat. Blue or purple, they bloom in early summer.

Make a raised bed on poorly drained soil, or dig deeply to loosen ... Yellow Flag: Its botanical name is Iris pseudacorus and if you have a wet spot on your property with dappled shade, this ...

It flourishes in partial to full shade and prefers a slightly acidic, well-draining soil enriched with ... Unlike many other non-bearded irises, these irises don't need a wet, shadier spot in ...

Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis, loves wet soil, and dies out in most gardens for lack of it. I love the brilliant red flowers, and so do hummingbirds. Yellow Flag, Iris pseudacorus ...

Do not mulch bearded irises during the growing season. Most mulches tend to keep the soil too wet, and also inhibit air movement around the rhizomes at the soil surface, resulting in rot.

Others need moist or even wet conditions ... Continue the iris bonanza with xiphium irises, which need slightly moister soil. This group simply isn’t grown as much as it should.