Purple Loosestrife is a tall showy plant but beware it can be invasive in a bog or along streams and rivers. Keep it in check by pulling out young plants and deadheading to stop it from spreading.
Sedge grass holds a wet slope or edge of a pond in place with it's roots. It also provides seed heads for birds to feed on and is very ornamental.
Bogs, Fens, Mires and Marshes all are wet land areas that usually get drained to create agricultural or urban land use. But the plants that thrive and live there are being depleted rapidly. Cattails, sedge grass, papyrus and Saw grass all provide home to birds, insects and animals. The plants have adapted to the wet with rhizomes for underground storage and reproduction. Bogs naturally grow Peat, Moss, Heather and Heath. Some have orchids, pitcher plant, bog myrtle and fungi. Sedge grass and yellow flag are tall ornamental plants found in bogs. If you have a wet low lying area or permanent wet shady spot, you can grow some bog plants. They are well suited to moist and shady conditions. You could plant a bog if there is a stream running on your site. To make your own use a pond liner to create a bog, but control drainage by adding gravel and a few holes to let water slowly seep out. If the soil is very sandy or clay add some fallen leaves, leave to rot and compost, then add plants. Simply add more leaves every fall to feed the soil and improve the quality and texture. Royal Fern do well in wet bogs.
BOG plants to consider: Venus fly trap, Royal fern, Marsh Marigold, lobelia, primrose, bladderwort, bog rosemary, loosestrife all do well in wet shade. The Pitcher Plant and Siberian Iris love to have wet feet.
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