What plants like wet soggy soil and shade

rockdrummer

Are their any plants that thrive in these conditions. I have a patch beside the shed where drainage is a problem and grass wont grow. Plants the like soggy soil and shade would like this area?

magicbastarder

try growing an alder tree there? is it close to any foundations?

rockdrummer

no foundations, the shed just sits on blocks

Irish Gardener

Good call on the Alder, always nice to have a bit of native.
Provided the soil is not so wet that when you dig a hole it quickly fills with water, you could also try that other native, the Guelder rose ... Viburnum opulus ... An Chaor Chon.
Similarly on the damp and shade situation, you could also try the "common for a reason" Hydrangea.

magicbastarder

you could also go for a gunnera, but it can be a bit of a beast.

kelly1

Hostas might be an option.

Curvy Vixen

What about heading to a garden centre and looking for the section that has those plants that live kind of on the edges of ponds and the like? Don't know any names sorry but I know that Johnstown has a large selection..

muckety

Willow thrive in soggy ground....

angelface2008

Hostas ferns and astilbes do well in these conditions as do impatiens and some iris spec,and bamboo thrives on watering,sedge grasses and carex elata,primula japonica,florindae,pulverulenta and rosea,zantedeschia and some lobelia species,you could try to improve the drainage too by digging in some sand and grit,good luck:)