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Plants that like getting wet

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Whiff Tue 25-Aug-20 17:40:43

When it rains heavy my boarders get water logged. What plants could I grow along the boarder edges and amongst the plants to soak up the water.

Callistemon Tue 25-Aug-20 17:57:49

You could trying adding compost and perhaps some garden sand to lighten your soil over the winter. Ours is heavy clay and we've added a lot of compost and manure over the years which has helped. You won't need to dig and disturb the plants, if you have plenty of worms they will do the job for you.

Whiff Tue 25-Aug-20 19:45:39

Thank you I will try that .

Esspee Tue 25-Aug-20 21:31:33

Autumn is almost here. Gather all the leaves you can and dig them into the borders.
Make a compost heap (lots of advice on the Gardeners world website) and add the results to the soil.
Try digging drainage channels to let the water run off and build up the soil so that the border soil is higher than the surround.
It may take time but gardeners are patient people.
Read up on plants suitable to boggy areas.
I expect ferns would grow well. There are

lemongrove Tue 25-Aug-20 21:40:32

Well, you can grow ferns and astilbes.....I really wish I could, but our garden has dry very free draining soil everywhere.
I think hostas may like damp conditions too.

Casdon Tue 25-Aug-20 21:44:30

It does get very large, but I’ve found rhubarb loves the damp, mine’s at the bottom of a bank which is really heavy clay, and it absolutely loves it, feeds me and my neighbors! Sedums also seem to need a lot of water, and are very easy to grow as well as pretty.

Whiff Wed 26-Aug-20 06:08:47

Thank you all for the advice. I will be trying them all.

MellowYellow Thu 27-Aug-20 07:45:41

Gunnera every time for me, but it's a giant so probably too big! I wish I had a wet, boggy corner where I could grow it!

Crubeen Sat 29-Aug-20 10:39:27

Trying growing astilbes, they love wet and damp areas.

merlotgran Sat 29-Aug-20 11:06:10

Trollius 'Lemon Queen' is a lovely moisture loving plant that can be grown in bog gardens. Sadly our soil is too dry for it.