This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
This group of plants is adapted for locations where the soil conditions are apt to be continually moist. There are some perennials which will not thrive and will rot where the ground is continually moist. It is therefore desirable to have a group from which to select plants when these exceptional conditions of soil or drainage are encountered.
Achillea tomentosa Yellow Milfoil
Ajuga reptans Bugle
Alyssum saxatile compactum Golden Tuft
Arabis alpina Alpine Rock Cress
Armeria maritima
Sea Thrift Asperula odorata
Sweet Woodruff
Bellis perennis English Daisy
Campanula carpatica Carpathian Harebell
Daphne cneorum Garland Flower
Epigaea repens Trailing Arbutus
Erica Heath
Evonymus radicans Climbing Evonymus
Evonymus radicans acutus
Evonymus radicans vegetus
Scarlet-fruited Japanese Evergreen Ivy
Festuca glauca Blue Fescue Grass
Funkia (in variety) Plaintain Lily
Helleborus niger
Christmas Rose Herniaria glabra
Herniary
Iberis sempervirens Evergreen Candytuft
Iris florentina Orris Root
Lysimachia nummularia
Moneywort Myosotis palustris
Forget-me-not
Nepeta glechoma Ground Ivy
Phlox stolonifera Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata (in variety) Moss Pink
Potentilla fruticosa
Shrubby Cinquefoil Saponaria ocymoides
Rock Soapwort Stellaria holostea
Starwort
Thymus serpyllum lanuginosus Downy Thyme
Veronica repens
Creeping Speedwell Vinca minor
Periwinkle
Viola cornuta Tufted Pansy
Viola tricolor Pansy
 
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