Weedy bank

Hi all,
Advice please!

Our garden faces onto fields with a small ditch/stream between. We are going to make a decked seating area adjacent to this as it is a lovely spot in the summer.
We would appreciate any suggestions for making a featire of the opposite bank which bocomes overgrown with grass and nettles etc. every year.
We thought that small ground covering shrubs &/or wild flowers may be appropriate.
Thanks

 

There are a lot of first class garden perennials that fall in this category. Such as Astilbe, Eupatorium, Filipendula, Hostas, various Iris, Lythrum. Lobelia, and various Primula such as P. Vialii and P. Candelabra, and Schitzostylis.

Try Googling "bog plants" or "damp plants".