Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Need ideas for a long bog garden, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
My dh and I added the wood edging parallel along the back fence to frame in and create a long bog garden in the backyard today. When I say "long", it is 76 feet long by approximately 4 feet wide. I need ideas of plants to put back there. I need plants that like moist soil and wet feet and can also tolerate occassional flooding without getting root rot. I am hoping there are many plants that either host or are nectar plants for butterflies and hummingbirds. I'm not giving up hope on the hummers! ;-)

I am thinking of putting one of my small ponds in one section of the bed. The area gets full sun for at least 6 hours a day, though some of it gets full sun ALL day. There is a large Oak tree that casts shade at different times of the day on part of the garden bed. So for the most part it gets full sun most of the day.

I am hoping some of you can give me some suggestions for plants. I am open to all ideas! I know canna and scarlet hibicus (Texas Star) are good choices and I have some of those plants in pots for that area. But I need a LOT more plants.

Help! You can see from the photo that I will need to be adding lots of plants!