Flowering Annuals That Can Grow in Wet Conditions

Below you will find a list of flowering annuals from our database that can grow in wet climates. If you click on any of the photos, you will see a Virtual Plant Tag that may contain photos, plant descriptions, usage suggestions and a link to where you can buy that plant.

Many annuals that flower can flourish in wet areas, even standing water, but some of these same plants can also do quite well in dry areas or places in the landscape with average moisture. 

With so many gorgeous bedding and container plants that will grow and flower well in wet places in the garden, you can choose what colors or accents you want to enliven your landscaping with. Known as Carpathian Bellflower, Tussock Bellflower or Carpathian Harebell, the Campanula carpatica and selections or cultivars can be grown as an annual or a perennial provided that moist soil has a chance to drain between rain or waterings. One of the most popular Bellflowers, they do well in any type of above ground container too.

Gaining ground for its intense colors are the Chile Peppers, now being grown as an ornamental since so many new colors and forms are available. Known also as Mexican Hot Peppers and Paprika, Capsicum annuum's fruits are where the bright red, orange, yellow and purple colors are. Breeding is resulting in new selections with variegated leaves and variegated fruit, frequently on compact plants that work better in the garden and add a splash of color and texture to containers.

A group of plants not always thought of as annuals are Cannas. While tolerant of a wide range of conditions if given adequate sun, Cannas will grow and flower nicely in standing water all the way to a baked dry island bed in the median strip of a highway. You will enjoy all season color until frost.

Not well-known, but deserving to be, is Shrubby Perilla, Perilla frutescens. Sunny and dry or Partially Shady and moist or wet, these fast growing annuals quickly become favorites where their reseeding is welcome. Less formal in texture, the Perilla adds fragrance and color with purple speckles to the dark green leaves.

Hybridization work with Verbena is giving us lacy leaves, a vast array of bloom colors and increased tolerance to growing in wetter spots in the garden. It is still best to use Verbena in areas that drain between waterings and lend themselves well to container gardening since both flowers and foliage is attractive. Bedding Verbenas come into flower early in the spring with white, light and dark pinks, blue, lavender-pink, purple, coral-pink, burgundy, cherry, hot pink and lavender-blue.  New compact forms work well in pots.

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Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Everlasting Daisy Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Fairy Lily
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Fan Flower Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Fireworks Chile Pepper
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Fireworks Mexican Hot Pepper Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Fireworks Paprika
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Five Spot Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Five-Spot
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Flax Lily Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Floss Flower
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Fontanesii Dasheen Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Fontanesii Taro
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Full Moon Trailing Morning Glory Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Gold on Bronze Strawflower
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Goldilocks Black-eyed Susan Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Goldilocks English Bulls-eye
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Goldilocks Gloriosa Daisy Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Grannyvine
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Gray Santolina Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Heavenly Blue Morning Glory
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Heavenly Pink Morning Glory Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Himalayan Balsam
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Holiday Cheer Chile Pepper Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Holiday Cheer Mexican Hot Pepper
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Holiday Cheer Paprika Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Holiday Flame Chile Pepper
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Holiday Flame Mexican Hot Pepper Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Holiday Flame Paprika
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Hot Bed Chile Pepper Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Hot Bed Mexican Hot Pepper
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Hot Bed Paprika Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Illustris Dasheen
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Illustris Taro Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Imagination Moss Verbena
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Independence Canna Lily Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Independence Indian Shot
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Indian Summer Black-eyed Susan Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Indian Summer English Bulls-eye
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Indian Summer Gloriosa Daisy Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Irish Eyes Black-eyed Susan
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Irish Eyes English Bulls-eye Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Irish Eyes Gloriosa Daisy
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Isabel Carpathian Bellflower var. turbinata Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Isabel Tussock Bellflower
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Italian Alkanet Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Italian Bugloss
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Jasmine Tobacco Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Jet Black Wonder Dasheen
Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Jet Black Wonder Elephant Ear Growing Flowering Annuals in Wet Areas Jet Black Wonder Taro
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