Which shrubs grow well in wet soils?
Question:
Which shrubs grow well in wet soils?
Answer:
Deciduous shrubs tolerant of wet soils include:
- red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)*
- common sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus)*
- buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)+
- summersweet clethra (Clethra alnifolia)*
- gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)+
- redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea)+
- winterberry (Ilex verticillata)+
- Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica)*
- northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)*
- goat willow (Salix caprea)
- purpleosier willow (Salix purpurea)
- elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)+
- witherod (Viburnum cassinoides)*
- arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)*
- American cranberrybush viburnum (Viburnum opulus var. americanum, syn. Viburnum trilobum)+
* Native to parts of North America
** Some species native to parts of North America
+ Native to North America, including parts of Iowa
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