Rodgersia are plants for wet soil, so if your backyard is damp and ... to fences as soil tends to be too dry for these ...

Choose shrubs, trees and perennials that thrive in wet soil. Trees and shrubs that do well in moist conditions include salix, cornus, betula, sambucus, liquidambar, ash and amelanchier.

Many perennials are long-lived and spread over ... If there is excessive moisture, however, soil that remains wet for longer ...

In the autumn, spread a ring of mulch around newly planted trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials ... of weeds and the soil is moist. Water if necessary as it's difficult to wet dry soil through ...