Bog plants

[addy1]

Lol did the dry save =no good. In the bucket just enough water to keep tubers wet, not even covered up. In basement cool, 50ish winter. We don't heat it. They slow grow all winter.

 

[Colleen_MI]

My pond is tiny and I don't have a bog, but here are some native plants that have done well in the pond and rain garden and should be pretty well suited to your bog. What's native here (Michigan) is probably similar to your area.

Blue and red lobelia
Swamp milkweed (much better behaved than common milkweed)
Joe Pye weed (tall)
Boneset
Cutleaf coneflower (tall)
Rattlesnake master (tall)
Penstemon/beardtongue
Marsh marigold
Bee balm
Golden alexander
You can also look into true pond plants--sedges, rushes, arrowhead, pickerel weed, lizard tail

 

[TJeep_1999]

I only get morning sun on my pond and it sounds like you will have some shade as well. The biggest problem I've had is finding plants that do well with shade as most pond plants like a lot of sun. When looking for options make sure they fit your area's sun profile. For example, a lot of people swear by pickerel rush/weed as an easy to grow plant, but it's been a bit of a dud for me due to a lack of sun. I've had good luck with these even in part shade:
Lance Arrowhead (not standard arrowhead)
lizard tail
creeping jenny
yarba mansa
Louisiana iris
water forget-me-nots
Turtlehead Plant
Lady Fern (new so not sure how well it will do with constantly wet feet)
Bog Bean (new so too soon to tell how it will do with shade)

I agree with one of the above comments that almost all pond plants are agressive growing.

 

[Wildneg]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but I put some Hostas I had growing since we moved in that were really neglected. They are HARDY plants . No water and slightly under our eve of the house. Only a little sun in the morning. It always just hung on.

When I did my pond last year and also setup a bog filter, I thought I wonder if Hostas can hang in in the bog filter. After some searching, it sounded like they do love water and can live in shallow water. I put the two in and they are doing great. One of the first plants to really start coming back this spring.

I say this because Hostas come in all sorts of flavors. So I'm sure you can find some that will grow in a lot of shade easily. People give these things away too. They split them yearly. I put mine in aqua plant baskets with small mesh so they can not get too out of hand. I'm sure I'll still be splitting/managing them every few years though.

You can search and see some ponds/bog filters that utilize them. I have a mix of a bunch of other plants too, but I just though why not give the Hostas another home. And they love it.

 

[mrsclem]

I put a blue hosta in my bog a few years ago. When we had to redo the bog, it took 2 of us and a lot of hard work to pull it out! They get a huge root system

 

[GBBUDD]

I PLACED a gigatica elephant ear in the bog this year its 8" tall we will see but i doubt it will survive the winter

 

[elpalito]

Lol did the dry save =no good. In the bucket just enough water to keep tubers wet, not even covered up. In basement cool, 50ish winter. We don't heat it. They slow grow all winter.

Wanted to follow up on this. I ended up having a couple extra canna and elephant ears, so I put one of each (dried out) into the bog. The canna was mostly submerged, mostly covered with pebbles. That one has sprouted! I took the elephant ear out, which I regret...because those always come out after the cannas here. So I gave up on it too soon. But the canna has sprouted, and at the same time as the ones I planted normally in the ground. So a dry bulb will work! at least in my region.