Wet patch in garden, plant ideas

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Is there anything that would cope over autum, winter and early spring having a lot of water? I’ve got a section of a border at the end of my garden that, other than in late spring and summer, is wet pretty much nearly all the time. I really want to put something there to get rid of some of the water but I feel like with some small bushes having died that I put there that nothing else would be viable.

If I can’t put plants there, without digging up the garden (either it’s uneven land or a burst pipe that’s causing the water), what could I do the make it look alright?

Does it get really dry in the summer or is always moist? If it is then a good bet would be to think about plants that like being wet - I've got some amazing shuttlecock ferns that would thrive in that environment, though they only start to emerge around April so would need to combined with other plants if you want it to look good over winter. Worth looking at what can be planted at the side of ponds to give you an idea. Do try a shuttlecock fern though - they are fab. They spread but can easily be kept under control.

What part of the country are in you? If it’s the London/southeast, these stay green year round and they love a soggy spot www.architecturalplants.com/plants/id/zantedeschia-aeth-crowborough

You could try Lobelia Cardinalis - that does well in moist soil
www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/10394/Lobelia-cardinalis/Details

North west england and on the coast :/ very wet and windy

This particular part of the garden gets waterlogged for two/three days over winter each week so it’s hard to find anything that is suitable

Try that website for ideas... they have a filter for coastal areas.

Might be worth giving Wasabi a go

Some sort of bulrushes or a bog garden?

There’s a part of my garden that’s quite wet and v shady (we have clay soil, so water doesn’t drain easily). I grow woodland type plants there -ferns, bluebells and this stuff which is lovely and seems to like the wet. Also my rhubarb is very happy there.

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Ferns

Thank you for some suggestions, I’ll give them a go and see what happens

I'm in the north-west, and have some very damp parts in my garden. Plants which thrive include dogwoods, astilbes, purple loosestrife, candelabra primula, hydrangeas, ferns.

Also hellebores, bergenia, and hostas do well in my damp shady patch. Visit the pond section of your garden centre and have a look at their marginal plants.

If there is room for a large shrub have a look at a cornus. The stems look great in the winter, nice leaves and flowers and berries too. If it gets too big you can prune it back hard. Some like wet conditions so you often see them planted around ponds.

I got a hydrangea for one part but whether it lives or not is another matter, when I started digging down it was still really watery despite on the surface being fairly dry. Doesn’t help it’s clay soil (mud) so it holds a lot of water

I remembered this thread when I was out in the garden this afternoon- another thriver is iris siberica

Hey water l plants that grow by the sides of bodies of water like reeds or bullrushes.

My whole garden is like this Candelabra primulas go nuts though, I have to split them every other year, they’re so happy. They’re stunning in early summer. Other things that cope are ferns (matteucia, osmunda, some dryopteris), yellow irises, rodgersia, ragged robin, astillbe.
If you want something big then you can try giant rhubarb (rheum) or gunnera manicata. It will grow enormous if it’s happy though!

Theres a good list here:
www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=807