Moist but Well Drained - Plant Library

Globemaster allium (Allium ‘Globemaster’)

Globemaster allium (Allium ‘Globemaster’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, moderate water once established.

Gladiator allium (Allium ‘Gladiator’)

Gladiator allium (Allium ‘Gladiator’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.9–1.2 m tall, moderate water once established.

Ageratum ‘Dondo White’ (Ageratum houstonianum ‘Dondo White’)

Ageratum ‘Dondo White’ (Ageratum houstonianum ‘Dondo White’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.

Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’ (Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Horizon’)

Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’ (Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Horizon’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.91 m tall, moderate water once established.

Hyssop ‘Blue Boa’ (Agastache ‘Blue Boa’)

Hyssop ‘Blue Boa’ (Agastache ‘Blue Boa’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, low water once established.

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 3.7–4.6 m tall, low water once established.

Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora)

Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 2.4–3.7 m tall, moderate water once established.

Baneberry ‘Brunette’ (Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) ‘Brunette’)

Baneberry ‘Brunette’ (Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) ‘Brunette’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 0.9–1.2 m tall, moderate water once established.

Baneberry ‘Pink Spike’ (Actaea simplex ‘Pink Spike’)

Baneberry ‘Pink Spike’ (Actaea simplex ‘Pink Spike’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 0.9–1.5 m tall, moderate water once established.

Inca Gold Yarrow (Achillea ‘Inca Gold’)

Inca Gold Yarrow (Achillea ‘Inca Gold’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, low water once established.

Coronation Gold Yarrow (Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’)

Coronation Gold Yarrow (Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, low water once established.

River Wattle (Acacia cognata)

River Wattle (Acacia cognata) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–6.1 m tall, low water once established.

Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum)

Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 1.2–2.4 m tall, low water once established.

Florida Flame Azalea (Rhododendron austrinum)

Florida Flame Azalea (Rhododendron austrinum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 1.5–1.8 m tall, moderate water once established.

Pink Coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea)

Pink Coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.

Tickseed ‘Mercury Rising’ (Coreopsis ‘Mercury Rising’)

Tickseed ‘Mercury Rising’ (Coreopsis ‘Mercury Rising’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.

Woodland Peony (Paeonia obovata)

Woodland Peony (Paeonia obovata) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.

Yellow Tree Peony (Paeonia delavayi var. lutea)

Yellow Tree Peony (Paeonia delavayi var. lutea) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.5 m tall, moderate water once established.

Corsican Hellebore (Helleborus argutifolius)

Corsican Hellebore (Helleborus argutifolius) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.61–0.91 m tall, moderate water once established.

Christmas Rose ‘Ivory Prince’ (Helleborus ‘Ivory Prince’)

Christmas Rose ‘Ivory Prince’ (Helleborus ‘Ivory Prince’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.3–0.61 m tall, moderate water once established.

Coral Bells ‘Amethyst Myst’ (Heuchera ‘Amethyst Myst’)

Coral Bells ‘Amethyst Myst’ (Heuchera ‘Amethyst Myst’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.2032 m tall, moderate water once established.

Alum Root ‘Amber Waves’ (Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’)

Alum Root ‘Amber Waves’ (Heuchera ‘Amber Waves’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect partial sun, typically 0.3 m tall, moderate water once established.

Feather Reed Grass ‘Overdam’ (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’)

Feather Reed Grass ‘Overdam’ (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 1.2–1.5 m tall, moderate water once established.

Feather Reed Grass ‘Avalanche’ (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Avalanche’)

Feather Reed Grass ‘Avalanche’ (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Avalanche’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.5 m tall, moderate water once established.

Ribes alpinum

Ribes alpinum (Ribes alpinum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.8 m tall, low water once established.

Japanese Boxwood ‘Green Beauty’ (Buxus microphylla var. japonica ‘Green Beauty’)

Japanese Boxwood ‘Green Beauty’ (Buxus microphylla var. japonica ‘Green Beauty’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.5 m tall, moderate water once established.

Small-Leaved Boxwood ‘Faulkner’ (Buxus microphylla ‘Faulkner’)

Small-Leaved Boxwood ‘Faulkner’ (Buxus microphylla ‘Faulkner’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.2 m tall, moderate water once established.

Boxwood ‘Green Velvet’ (Buxus ‘Green Velvet’)

Boxwood ‘Green Velvet’ (Buxus ‘Green Velvet’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs. Expect full sun or partial sun, typically 0.9–1.2 m tall, moderate water once established.

Easy Wave Blue Petunia (Petunia ‘Easy Wave Blue’)

Easy Wave Blue Petunia (Petunia ‘Easy Wave Blue’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3 m
• Spread: typically 0.61–0.91 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: butterflies, hummingbirds

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.6–1.2 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: high
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: birds, butterflies, hummingbirds

Scarlet Dahlia (Dahlia coccinea)

Scarlet Dahlia (Dahlia coccinea) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.9–1.5 m
• Spread: typically 0.3 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 7, 8, 9, 10
• Attracts: bees, butterflies

Zinnia ‘Macarenia’ (Zinnia elegans ‘Macarenia’)

Zinnia ‘Macarenia’ (Zinnia elegans ‘Macarenia’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.61–0.91 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: birds, butterflies, hummingbirds

Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.9–3.1 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.91 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: low
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: bees, birds, butterflies

Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)

Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 1.5–2.4 m
• Spread: typically 0.6–1.2 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Attracts: birds, butterflies, bees

Showy Cranesbill (Geranium x magnificum)

Showy Cranesbill (Geranium x magnificum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.61–0.91 m
• Spread: typically 0.61–0.91 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 5, 6, 7, 8
• Attracts: bees, butterflies

Hardy Geranium Rozanne (Geranium Rozanne)

Hardy Geranium Rozanne (Geranium Rozanne) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Spread: typically 0.61–0.91 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 5, 6, 7, 8
• Attracts: butterflies, bees

Winter’s Star’ Camellia (Camellia ‘Winter’s Star’)

Winter’s Star’ Camellia (Camellia ‘Winter’s Star’) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 1.2–1.8 m
• Spread: typically 1.5–2.1 m
• Sun: partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 6, 7, 8, 9

Fern-leaved clematis (Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica)

Fern-leaved clematis (Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 2.4 m
• Spread: typically 1.5 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: bees, butterflies, hummingbirds

Armand Clematis (Clematis armandii)

Armand Clematis (Clematis armandii) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 4.6–9.1 m
• Spread: typically 3.1–4.6 m
• Sun: full sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Attracts: bees, butterflies, hummingbirds

Hyacinthine Plantain Lily (Hosta fortunei var. hyacinthina)

Hyacinthine Plantain Lily (Hosta fortunei var. hyacinthina) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Attracts: hummingbirds

Plantain Lily (Hosta plantaginea)

Plantain Lily (Hosta plantaginea) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Spread: typically 0.9–1.2 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: birds, butterflies, hummingbirds

Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

Red Maple (Acer rubrum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 12.2–30.5 m
• Spread: typically 9.1–15.2 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: bees, birds

Oregon Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)

Oregon Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 4.6–7.6 m
• Spread: typically 4.6–6.1 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 6, 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: birds, butterflies

Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)

Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.9–1.5 m
• Spread: typically 0.9–1.5 m
• Sun: full sun or partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Attracts: butterflies, bees, birds

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) is a large, fast-growing deciduous maple with silvery leaf undersides, often used near moist ground — and often regretted in small yards for roots, brittle wood, and scale.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 15.2–24.4 m
• Spread: typically 12.2–18.3 m
• Sun: full sun to partial sun
• Soil: moist but well drained (tolerates wetter sites better than many maples)
• Water: moderate
• Hardiness: zones 3–9
• Attracts: butterflies, birds
• Habit: large shade tree — plan for decades of size, not a patio specimen

Love Apple (Solanum lycopersicum)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a warm-season fruiting plant in the nightshade family, grown for edible fruit rather than foliage.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 0.9–3.1 m (depends on variety and training)
• Spread: typically 0.3–1.2 m
• Sun: full sun
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Water: moderate, even moisture
• Hardiness: zones 2–11 (usually grown as a warm-season annual)
• Best quality: long warm days; fruit sets poorly in prolonged cool weather

Kale (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group)

Kale (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) is a hardy leafy brassica grown for leaves, not a tight head.

At a glance:
• Height / spread: typically 0.3–0.61 m
• Sun: full sun
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Water: moderate, even moisture
• Hardiness: zones 2–11
• Best quality: cool weather; productive through frost in many climates

Tatarian Dogwood ‘Argenteo-marginata’ (Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-marginata’)

Cornus alba ‘Argenteo-marginata’ is a named garden selection commonly sold as Tatarian Dogwood ‘Argenteo-marginata’. Mature height is typically around 1.2–3.1 m, and it suits banks and slopes plantings.

Betty Ridley’ Camellia (Camellia ‘Betty Ridley’)

Camellia ‘Betty Ridley’ is a named garden selection commonly sold as Betty Ridley’ Camellia. Mature height is typically around 2.4–3.1 m, and it suits beds and borders plantings. Foliage habit is evergreen.

Assam Tea (Camellia sinensis)

Assam Tea (Camellia sinensis) is grown for garden performance matched to its site needs.

At a glance:
• Height: typically 3.1–4.6 m
• Spread: typically 1.2–2.4 m
• Sun: partial sun
• Water: moderate
• Soil: moist but well drained
• Hardiness: zones 7, 8, 9
• Attracts: bees

Butterfly Bush ‘Orchid Annie’ (Buddleja ‘Orchid Annie’)

Buddleja ‘Orchid Annie’ is a named garden selection commonly sold as Butterfly Bush ‘Orchid Annie’. Mature height is typically around 0.61–0.91 m, and it suits beds and borders plantings.

Butterfly Bush ‘Blue Chip’ (Buddleja ‘Blue Chip’)

Buddleja ‘Blue Chip’ is a named garden selection commonly sold as Butterfly Bush ‘Blue Chip’. Mature height is typically around 0.3–0.61 m, and it suits beds and borders plantings.

Glossy Abelia ‘Little Richard’ (Abelia x grandiflora ‘Little Richard’)

Abelia x grandiflora ‘Little Richard’ (Glossy Abelia ‘Little Richard’) is an abelia used for long-season flowers and flexible hedging. Mature height is typically around 0.61–0.91 m, and it suits beds and borders plantings. Foliage habit is semi-evergreen.