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 3
Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' DWARF VARIEGATED GOLDEN SWEETFLAG 5
Acorus gramineus 'Variegata' DWARF VARIEGATED SWEETFLAG 3
Azolla caroliniana FAIRY MOSS (a) 7
Baumea rubiginosa 'Variegata' VARIEGATED STRIPED RUSH 7
Calla palustris BOG ARUM 5
Caltha palustris YELLOW MARSH MARIGOLD 5
Colocasia affinis (A) BLACK MAGIC TARO 9
Cyperus alterinfolius 'Gracillis' DWARF UMBRELLA PALM 7
Cyperus alternifolius UMBRELLA PALM 6
Dulichium arundinaceum HORSETAIL SEDGE 6
Echinodours cordifolia 'Marble queen' MARBLE QUEEN SWORDPLANT 5
Eichornia crassipes WATER HYACINTH 9
Elettaria cardamomum SMELL-ME PLANT 10
Equisetum hymale HORSETAIL 5
Glyceria maxima aquatica 'variegata' VARIEGATED MANNA GRASS 5
Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon' CHAMELEON PLANT 4
Iris laevigata 'Queen of Violets' IRIS - QUEEN OF VIOLETS 4
Iris laevigata 'Variegata' IRIS - VARIEGATA 5
Iris louisiana hybrids 'Black IRIS - 'BLACK GAMECOCK' 5
Iris louisiana hybrids 'ClydeRedmond' IRIS - 'CLYDE REDMOND' 5
Iris louisiana hybrids 'Plum Purple' IRIS - PLUM PURPLE 5
Iris louisiana hybrids 'Plum Red' IRIS - CLYDE REDMOND 5
Iris pseucdcorus 'Floraplena' DOUBLE-FLOWERING YELLOW FLAG IRIS 4
Iris pseudocorus YELLOW FLAG IRIS (PSEUDOCORUS) 4
Iris versicolor BLUE FLAG IRIS 4
Iris versicolor 'Kermisina' VERSICOLOR IRIS "KERMISINA" 4
Iris versicolor 'Wild Wine' VERSICOLOR IRIS "WILD WINE" 4
Juncus effusus SOFT RUSH 5
Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' CORKSCREW RUSH 5
Lobelia fulgens CARDINAL FLOWER 4
Lobelia siphilitica 'Blue Lobelia' BLUE LOBELIA 3
Lobelia siphilitica 'Pink PINK LOBELIA 3
Lobelia siphilitica 'White WHITE LOBELIA 3
Lysimachia nummularia CREEPING JENNY 4
Marsilea drummondi FOUR LEAF WATER CLOVER 6
Marsilea mutica VARIEGATED WATER CLOVER 6
Mentha aquatica WATER MINT 5
Myriophyllum aquaticum PARROT'S FEATHER 6
Nastrutium officinale WATERCRESS 4
Nymphaea 'Arc-en-ciel' WATER LILY - ARC-EN-CIEL 6
Nymphaea 'Choromatella' WATER LILY - CHROMATELLA - YELLOW 6
Nymphaea 'Joey Tomocik' WATER LILY - JOEY TOMOCIK (YELLOW) 6
Nymphaea 'Panama Pacific' TENDER WATER LILY - PANAMA PACIFIC (REDDISH 6
Nymphaea 'Rembrant' WATER LILY - REMBRANDT (RED) 6
Nymphaea 'Walter Pagels' WATER LILY - WALTER PAGELS (WHITE) 6
Nymphoides cristata WATER SNOWFLAKE (Floating Heart) 9
Oenanthe javanica 'Flamingo' VARIEGATED WATER-PARSLEY 5
Orontium aquaticum GOLDEN CLUB 6
Peltandra virginica ARROW ARUM 5
Phragmites australis 'Aurea' GOLD VARIEGATED REED 6
Pistia strotoides WATER LETTUCE 10
Sagittaria gramineus NARROW-LEAVED ARROWHEAD 3
Saururus cernuus LIZARD'S TAIL 4
Schizostylis coccineus KARRIF LILY 7
Scirpus lacustris 'Albescens' WHITE BULRUSH 5
Scirpus lacustris 'Zebrinus' ZEBRA RUSH 5
Tradescantia SPIDERWORT 7
Typha latifolia 'variegata' VARIEGATED CATTAIL 5
Typha laxmanii DWARF CATTAIL 5
Zantedeschia aethiopica CALLA LILY 7

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