Wet Soil Wetlands Plants

Fall color becomes more brilliant as time goes.

An excellent Red Maple with good fall color persisting into November. Good choice for the south.

Another superior Red Maple introduced by Schmidt Nursery with a proven track record. Spectacular orange to red fall color.

Introduced by Schmidt Nursery in 2006. This selection has improved branch angles with less co-dominance producing a better central leader. Red fall color.

A US National Arboretum selection made from a cross between October Glory and Autumn Flame.  It has excellent fall color.

An excellent variety as a result of breeding done by US National Arboretum.  This is a cross between Red Sunset and Autumn Flame Red Maple.  Good fall color.  An excellent shade tree.

An improved selection of Sugar Maple that is tolerant of southern heat and has beautiful orange fall color.

Outstanding grass for use as ground cover. Deer resistant.

Snowcloud Serviceberry has a upright narrow habit with blue-green foliage that turns to a copper-orange in the fall.

An easy-to-grow native that is adaptable to a wide range of soils.  Displays an abundance of brilliant red fruit in the fall.

A native tree that is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Exfoliating bark adds interest to landscape.

A native tree that is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions. Exfoliating bark adds interest to landscape.

An easy-to-grow native plant adaptable to wide range of conditions.  Flowers have a pleasing scent of strawberries to bananas and should be planted close to a walk where it can be enjoyed when in bloom.

Native tree tolerant of wet soils. Useful where a smaller growing tree is needed.

This native wetland plant will grow in a wide range of conditions. 

A popular choice for naturalizing. Easy-to-grow shrub has fragrant, white flowers and medium-sized growth habit.

An improved form of the traditional summersweet. This variety has deep pink flowers and a pleasing fragrance. It works well in natural areas, planted near the back where it has plenty of room to grow. 

An easy to grow native that is tolerant of wet areas.  Can be effecctively used in group plantings in wet soils where most other plants would not do well.

Often used in mass plantings, this plant's fall color and red stems brighten the winter landscape.

Shrub dogwood with yellow branches that stand out in the winter.

A dwarf Joe Pye Weed with purple flowers. Exceptional rain garden and meadow plant for attracting pollinators.

This shrub will provide loads of flowers to dress up the landscape and the table.

An excellent native alternative to the Boxwood, Gem Box Inkberry forms a dense, mounding shrub.

Needs pollinator for female flowers to produce pea-sized black fruit.

This is a female selection and will need male pollinator for berry production.

This is a female selection and will need male pollinator for berry production.

Southern Gentleman is another male cultivar that can be used for berry production for the female Winter Red Holly.

Winter Red is a female Winterberry Holly that produces branches loaded with bright red berries in the winter. Requires a male pollinator.

Evergreen native with an pright growth habit with dark green foliage. Great for privacy or as a corner specimen.

Bright yellow foliage makes this native anise stand out in a shady or part shady location.

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

The deep burgundy fall foliage color on this variety is spectacular. Plant retains leaves well into winter.

Very showy, yellow fall color and the red berries truly decorate the fall landscape.

This is a very clean, front yard tree.

A truly remarkable Sweetgum that stays columnar in form, typically spreading no wider than 6'.

Lobelia is a water loving perennial with red flowers that does great in low areas with water runoff or near streams and ponds.

Its compact, upright growth habit makes it an exceptional medium-sized, evergreen tree for the smaller yard. 

Will grow in wet areas of the landscape.

Will grow in wet areas of the landscape.

Trunk is bigger at the base much like an elephant foot and the bark is attractive, sometimes shaggy, but interesting at best.

The scent of the foliage is most evident in the spring.

A cold hardy Myrica whose leaves turn a splendid marooon purple in the colder months.

Prefers low lying, wooded areas or pond peripheries.

Colorful spring and fall foliage adorn this attractive, low maintenance, native Black Gum cultivar. Prefers low lying, wooded areas or pond peripheries, but will do well in full sun after establishment.

Prefers moist, well-drained soils.