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Coastal Perennials for Moist Soils & Wetlands
This is a selection of flowering perennials that are associated with wetland habitats. Some prefer the wetland edge, while others live in the water. All of them make exciting landscaping material for rain gardens, runoff catchment features, ornamental bogs and as edge plantings along natural or artificial water features. Most of the plants on this list are also sun loving. Look for an “S” beside those that are to some degree tolerant of exposure to salt or salt spray.Fly Poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum)
Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Fewflower Milkweed (Asclepias lanceolata)
Golden Canna (Canna flaccida)
Swamp Lily (Crinum americanum)
Button Eryngo (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Coastal Joe Pye (Eupatoriadelphus dubium)
Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)
Muck Sunflower (Helianthus simulans)
Marsh Heliotrope (Heliatropium curassavicum)
Scarlet Rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus)
Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus grandiflorus)
Crimsoneyed Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
Rain Lily (Hymenocallis caroliniana)
Southern Blue Flag (Iris virginica)
Seashore Mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) S
Catesby’s Lily (Lilium catesbaei)
Sea Lavender (Limonium carolinianum) S
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Purple Lobelia (Lobelia elongata)
American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
American White Waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)
Yellow Pond-lily (Nuphar lutea)
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
Sweetscent (Pluchea odorata) S
Savannah Meadowbeauty (Rhexia alifanus)
Meadowbeauty (Rhexia nashii)
Marsh Rose Gentian (Sabatia docecandra)
Narrow-leaved Arrowhead (Sagittaria graminea)
Bulltongue Arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia)
Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Pine Barren Goldenrod (Solidago fistulosa)
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) S
Yellow Hatpins (Syngonanthus flavidulus)
Floating Bladderwort (Utricularia inflata)
Tall Ironweed (Veronia angustifolia)
Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca)