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Lawn Care

Lilacs

Your Tree(s) May Be In Trouble

Identification of Evergreen Trees and Shrubs

Leaves Aren't Trash

Overgrown Evergreens

Plants for Wet Soils

Worst Landscape Weeds

Deer in Landscapes and Gardens

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Trees for Wet Soils

Shrubs for Wet Soils

Perennials for Wet Soils

Special Topics

Plants for Wet Soils

Shrubs

Early summer-flowering swamp azalea thrives in damps soils.As a rule, rhododendrons and azaleas are not tolerant of wet soils. Breaking that rule, however, the swamp azalea, at right, is tolerant of constantly damp soils. It's soft pink flowers appear in late June through mid-July and have a nice, honeysuckle-like fragrance. Its leaves turn a reliable reddish-orange before dropping in the fall.

‘Brilliantissima’ Red Chokeberry
(Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliantissima’)
Summersweet
(Clethra alnifolia)
Redtwig and Redosier Dogwood
(Cornus alba and C. serica)
Inkberry
(Ilex glabra)
Winterberry
(Ilex verticillata)
Spicebush
(Lindera benzoin)
Ninebark
(Physocarpus opulifolius)
Swamp Azalea
(Rhododendron viscosum)
Willow
(Salix species)