Plants for bed - wet/clay on one side only

Di173

I have this tear shaped bed. On the wide side I have healthy Cornish palms and a couple of acers. On the narrow side nothing seems to grow, and the middle is quite wet too. I have tried a twisted willow , but it wilted and now lives happily in another part of the garden

Obelixx

Sounds like you need some plants for boggy situations unless you can dig the soil and incorporate masses of grit and houmous to open up the soil structure.

Have a look at plants like rodgersia, filipendula, astilbe, hemerocallis, lysimachia ephemerum, lobelia cardinalis, ligularia, primula to start you off.