GARDENS - Gardens: damp-proof plants

You don't need a bog to grow large-leaved beauties such as ligularias and rodgersias, just a patch of moist soilThis summer, I visited Copenhagen, where I was intrigued to find many plants we associate with the bog garden growing in mixed borders in parks and gardens. In Amaliehaven, a crisp, modern park next to Amalienborg Palace (you've seen it on Borgen), the large, showy leaves of ligularias, hostas and rheums showed to fine effect against cl ...

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/27/gardens-damp-proof