Plants for Shady Bog Gardens

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These are great plants for shady or partially shady bog gardens.

The table below has both the botanical names and common names, as well as the hardiness zone for each of these popular plants.

For sunny areas, see the Plants for Sunny Bog Gardens page.

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Botanical Name

Common Name

Zone

Acorus calamus variegata

VARIGATED SWEETFLAG

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'

DWARF VARIEGATED GOLDEN SWEETFLAG

Acorus gramineus 'Variegata'

DWARF VARIEGATED SWEETFLAG

Azolla caroliniana

FAIRY MOSS (a)

Baumea rubiginosa 'Variegata'

VARIEGATED STRIPED RUSH

Calla palustris

BOG ARUM

Caltha palustris

YELLOW MARSH MARIGOLD

Colocasia affinis (A)

BLACK MAGIC TARO

Cyperus alterinfolius 'Gracillis'

DWARF UMBRELLA PALM

Cyperus alternifolius

UMBRELLA PALM

Dulichium arundinaceum

HORSETAIL SEDGE

Echinodours cordifolia 'Marble queen'

MARBLE QUEEN SWORDPLANT

Eichornia crassipes

WATER HYACINTH

Elettaria cardamomum

SMELL-ME PLANT

Equisetum hymale

HORSETAIL

Glyceria maxima aquatica 'variegata'

VARIEGATED MANNA GRASS

Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'

CHAMELEON PLANT

Iris laevigata 'Queen of Violets'

IRIS - QUEEN OF VIOLETS

Iris laevigata 'Variegata'

IRIS - VARIEGATA

Iris louisiana hybrids 'Black

IRIS - 'BLACK GAMECOCK'

Iris louisiana hybrids 'ClydeRedmond'

IRIS - 'CLYDE REDMOND'

Iris louisiana hybrids 'Plum Purple'

IRIS - PLUM PURPLE

Iris louisiana hybrids 'Plum Red'

IRIS - CLYDE REDMOND

Iris pseucdcorus 'Floraplena'

DOUBLE-FLOWERING YELLOW FLAG IRIS

Iris pseudocorus

YELLOW FLAG IRIS (PSEUDOCORUS)

Iris versicolor

BLUE FLAG IRIS

Iris versicolor 'Kermisina'

VERSICOLOR IRIS "KERMISINA"

Iris versicolor 'Wild Wine'

VERSICOLOR IRIS "WILD WINE"

Juncus effusus

SOFT RUSH

Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'

CORKSCREW RUSH

Lobelia fulgens

CARDINAL FLOWER

Lobelia siphilitica 'Blue Lobelia'

BLUE LOBELIA

Lobelia siphilitica 'Pink

PINK LOBELIA

Lobelia siphilitica 'White

WHITE LOBELIA

Lysimachia nummularia

CREEPING JENNY

Marsilea drummondi

FOUR LEAF WATER CLOVER

Marsilea mutica

VARIEGATED WATER CLOVER

Mentha aquatica

WATER MINT

Myriophyllum aquaticum

PARROT'S FEATHER

Nastrutium officinale

WATERCRESS

Nymphaea 'Arc-en-ciel'

WATER LILY - ARC-EN-CIEL

Nymphaea 'Choromatella'

WATER LILY - CHROMATELLA - YELLOW

Nymphaea 'Joey Tomocik'

WATER LILY - JOEY TOMOCIK (YELLOW)

Nymphaea 'Panama Pacific'

TENDER WATER LILY - PANAMA PACIFIC (REDDISH

Nymphaea 'Rembrant'

WATER LILY - REMBRANDT (RED)

Nymphaea 'Walter Pagels'

WATER LILY - WALTER PAGELS (WHITE)

Nymphoides cristata

WATER SNOWFLAKE (Floating Heart)

Oenanthe javanica 'Flamingo'

VARIEGATED WATER-PARSLEY

Orontium aquaticum

GOLDEN CLUB

Peltandra virginica

ARROW ARUM

Phragmites australis 'Aurea'

GOLD VARIEGATED REED

Pistia strotoides

WATER LETTUCE

Sagittaria gramineus

NARROW-LEAVED ARROWHEAD

Saururus cernuus

LIZARD'S TAIL

Schizostylis coccineus

KARRIF LILY

Scirpus lacustris 'Albescens'

WHITE BULRUSH

Scirpus lacustris 'Zebrinus'

ZEBRA RUSH

Tradescantia

SPIDERWORT

Typha latifolia 'variegata'

VARIEGATED CATTAIL

Typha laxmanii

DWARF CATTAIL

Zantedeschia aethiopica

CALLA LILY