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Resistance To Challenges: Wet Soil

8 gardens

Coastal Garden - Tropical

plants growing in a low ditch.

Simple foundation planting

large clumps of grasses and aroid (Colocasia) in low depression.

plants growing in a low ditch.

Dry Stream Bed Garden in Cabarrus County

Dry, rock-lined stream bed surrounded by colorful plants.

Waterfall is start of dry stream bed

Small goldfish pond

Dry rocks and a large banana plant

Dry stream bed with a container of sedum.

Tropical look garden

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Banana Beds

Banana bed in spring

Banana bed in the summer with everything green and leafy.

Large shrub with clusters of white star-shaped flowers.

Banana beds in August.

Banana beds in early fall (September).

Fan palm with green leaves.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Bog Garden

Sarracenia Pitcher Plants, Sundew, and Venus Fly Trap

Bog garden with carnivorous plants.

Sarracenia Pitcher Plant with flowers

Rehder's Pitcher Plant in March

Agave and Phlox in beds around the bog garden.

Beds with Agave, Sarracenia, and Phlox in March

Rock & Water Garden

Rock & water garden

Rock & Water Garden

Rock & water garden

Evergreen aucuba looks good all year

Late fall many plants are going dormant

Rock garden adds year round interest

Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden in Wilmington

stanley rehder carnivorous plant garden

stanley rehder carnivorous plant garden wilmington nc

stanley rehder carnivorous plant garden

Water Garden at David Caldwell Historic Park

various aquatic plants around a pond as part of a water garden

the front of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel

the side of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel

Irises bloom in the Greensboro Botanical water garden

Water Garden in Cabarrus County

Pond garden full view