With much of the country seeing record rainfalls this year (sorry California, we’d send you some if we could!) gardens are practically drowning. This makes those wet boggy areas even worse, with constant ponding a problem for many types of plants. Turf rarely grows well in boggy areas, and you can’t run your mower over them. So what do you do with these areas?
Many people consider growing a bog garden or rain garden in these boggy wet spots, which we also recommend. Choosing plants that thrive in wet spots not only makes the area beautiful, but it also filters the water that runs...