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Native Wetland Plants

Caltha palustris

Marsh Marigold

Marsh Marigold is one of the earliest blooming spring ephemerals in a wetland. Its heart shaped foliage emerges in March and almost over night is topped with bright yellow butter cup like flowers which last thru May. Marsh Marigolds will hold it’s foliage thru mid summer if provided a cool shady niche in a water garden; otherwise it will naturally go summer dormant by the end of June. Found naturally along slow streams and wooded wetlands.

Characteristics & Attributes

Exposure • Partial Shade • Shade	Plant Type • Bog/Marsh • Flowering Perennial • Marginal	Mature Height • < 1'	Spread Characteristics • Clumping
Season of Interest (Flowering) • Spring	Season of Interest (Foliage) • Spring	Pond Zonation • Low Marsh 0 - 6"	Foliage Color • Green
Wildlife Benefits • Amphibians • Bees/Pollinators	Wetland Indicator Status • OBL	Attributes • Bog • Great Foliage • Mass Planting • Native • Naturalizing • Ornamental Flower • Rain Garden • Specimen	USDA Hardiness Zone • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6