Swamps are wetlands where trees and shrubs predominate , according to the Uuniversity of Minnesota ’s Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve . develop with — and often in the shade of — those tree diagram and shrubs , however , are a wide range of moisture - loving plants . With the help of these spook large-minded swampland indigene , frustrated gardeners can transubstantiate the saturnine , fuddled areas of their landscapes to bog down or water system garden vibrant with the colour , texture and form they ’ve been missing . ( Reference 1 )

Swamp Azalea

Swamp azalea ( Rhododendron viscosum ) is a heath fellowship shrub usually stand 5 feet tall and up to 12 human foot wide . It produce wild in swamp and bogs from Maine to Florida and west to Texas . A generally ramify plant , it has bunch of lustrous , shortsighted - staunch green leaves that become shade of maroon or orange in autumn . Between May to August , swamp azalea has sweet fragrant white blooms with vasiform , lavender bases . Give this flood - resistant azalea a part shady localisation with wet , acidic ( pH below 6.8 ) territory . Note that ingest any part of the flora is toxic and potentially fatal , grant to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center . ( Reference 2 )

Crinum Lily

Crinum lily ( Crinum americanum ) is an good , clump - imprint perennial indigen to cypress swamps and freshwater marshes across the Southern United States . Its 2 - to-4 - ft leaf emerge directly from the industrial plant ’s bulb . The 1 - inch compact stem , rising up to 3 infantry high , has a cluster of between two and six fragrant , white musket ball - regulate flush . Purple stamens and anthers counterpoint strikingly with their flower petal . Flowers come out between June and November , before the plants freeze back to urine level and begin greening again . practice crimum lily , suggests the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center , in water or peat bog gardens . It blooms in partial or cryptic nicety . This lily requires wet , fertile , acidic localization , but is n’t fussy about soil type . ( Reference 3 )

Marsh Marigold

Marsh mariglold , often called cowslip , is a succulent buttercup family perennial . It grows wild in marshy hollow and crocked woods across much of the Eastern , North Central , and Pacific Northwestern United States . A stout - stem mounding plant , it has lustrous , meat - shape leafage . In April and May , says the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center , marsh marigold ’s branches bear showy cluster of bright yellow bloom of youth . They resemble buttercups far more close than they do marigold . The plant ’s unexampled leaves are eatable , but only after several rounds of boiling to slay their toxic substances . Give marsh marigold a partially shadowy to shady location and muddy , acidic soil high in humous . ( reference work 4 and 5 )

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