Native Shrubs for Damp Soil

Special note about coastal plants and plants for wet/damp areas in gardens:

Only regionally native plants should be used along beaches, coastal and savanna restoration areas. For gardens with wet/damp areas, non-native plants that are not invasive are suitable. However, if the wet/damp area in question is along a stream, river, creek or lake then only regionally native plants should be used.

American elderberry    Sambucus canadensis Full sun -half sun
American arborvitae    Thuja occidentalis Full sun -half sun
Bottlebrush buckeye    Aesculus parviflora Full sun -half sun
Buttonbush    Cephalanthus occidentalis Full sun -half sun
Dusty zenobia    Zenobia pulverulenta Half sun

Dwarf palmetto    Sabal minor Full sun -half sun
Florida anise    Illicium floridanum Half sun -shade
Florida Leucothoe    Agarista populiflolia Half sun -shade
Inkberry    Ilex glabra Full sun -half sun
Leucothoe    Leucothoe axillaris Half sun -shade

Possumhaw Viburnum    Viburnum nudum Full sun -half sun
Red chokeberry    Aronia arbutifolia Full sun -half sun
Redtwig dogwood    Cornus stolonifera Full sun -half sun
Spicebush    Lindera benzoin Full sun -half sun
Sweet pepperbush    Clethra alnifolia Full sun – half sun

Sweetshrub, common    Calycanthus floridus Full sun -half sun
Turk’s-cap    Malvaviscus arboreus Half sun -shade
Virginia sweetspire    Itea virginica Full sun -half sun
Wax myrtle    Morella cerifera Full sun -half sun
Winterberry    Ilex verticillata Full sun -half sun

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