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rain Gardenplant layouts
The following will assist with rain garden plant selection and layout:
Asitediagramisprovidedbelowforarectangular-shapedraingardenthatshows asampleplantlayoutwithnumberofplantsperspeciesbasedonarecommended plantspacingof1plantper1-1.5squarefeet.
Additionalraingardenlayoutsareprovidedwithrecommendedplantspeciesfor sunandshadeconditions.Inseverallayoutsaprimaryspeciesisprovidedinbold withadditionalsubstitutions.
Example Plant Layout:• A5footx10foot(50ft2)raingardenwillbeconstructed.• Nativeplantsforsunnyconditionswillbeplantedinthegarden.• Thedesiredplantspacingis1plantforevery1-1.5ft2.• Inthisexample,amaximumof50plantscouldbeusedfora50ft2gardenusingaspacingof1plant
per1ft2.However,itwasdecidedthatmostplantswouldbeplantedatthatspacingbutsomewouldbeplantedat1plantper1.5ft2resultinginatotalof46plantsforthisgarden.
• Ifalargergardenisdesiredsuchasa100ft2,thenamaximumof100plantsarerecommendedtobeplantedat1plantper1ft2.Ifasmallergardensuchas25ft2weredesiredthenamaximumof25plantsperft2arerecommendedtobeplanted.
4FoxgloveBeardstongue
8LittleBluestem 8LittleBluestem
4FoxgloveBeardstongue
2Sneezeweed 2SmoothBlueAster
2Sneezeweed
2Sneezeweed
2SmoothBlueAster
2CanadaAnemone2WildGeranium
5ft
10ft
4SwitchGrass
4SwitchGrass
Rain Garden Plant Layout
1.Wild Geranium,PrairieSmoke2. Prairie Dropseed,LittleBluestem3. Bottle Gentian,SmoothAster4. Foxglove Beardtongue,GoldenAlexander5.Monkey Flower Plant,Black-eyedSusan6.Pale Purple Coneflower,ButterflyMilkweed
1.Canada Anemone,PrairieSmoke2. Blue Gramma,PrairieDropseed3.Mountain Mint,PurpleConeflower4.Black-eyed Susan,GoldenAlexander5.Butterfly Milkweed,OhioSpiderwort6.Prairie Blazing Star,Grey-headedConeflower7.Culvers Root,StiffGoldenrod8.Brown-eyed Susan,Queen-of-the-Prairie
1.Canada Anemone,PrairieSmoke2.Smooth Blue Aster,BottleGentian3.Sneezeweed,Black-eyedSusan4.Wild Geranium,NoddingOnion5.Foxglove Beardtongue,PrairiePhlox6.Little Bluestem,PrairieDropseed7.Switchgrass,IndianGrass
1.Canada Anemone,PrairieSmoke2. Smooth Blue Aster, BottleGentian3.Wild Geranium,NoddingOnion4.Sneezeweed, Black-eyedSusan5.Foxglove Beardtongue, PrairiePhloxr6. Sideoats Grama, ButterflyMillweed7.Rough Blazing Star,PrairieBlazingStar
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1
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33
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44
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55
55
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66
66
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55 6
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Native Plant List for Sun
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11
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22
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Rain Garden Plant Layout
Native Plant List for Shade
1.Maidenhair Fern,PrairieSmoke2.Jacob’s Ladder,SweetWilliam3.Solomon’s Seal,InterruptedFern4.Wild Geranium,Jack-in-the-Pulpit5.Wild Ginger,Columbine
1.Bloodroot,WildGinger2. Columbine, Jacob’sLadder3.Solomon’s Seal,WildSweetWilliam4.Virginia Bluebells, WildGeranium5.Maidenhair Fern,InterruptedFern6.Jack-in-the-Pulpit,CalicoAster
1.Sweet William,CalicoAster2.Bloodroot, Dutchman’sBritches3.Maidenhair Fern, LadyFern4.Columbine, Jacob’sLadder5.Wild Geranium, VirginiaBluebells6.Jack-in-the-Pulpit,WildGeranium7.Solomon’s Seal,InterruptedFern
1.Bloodroot,PrairieSmoke2.Wild Ginger,Dutchman’sBritches3.Jacob’s Ladder,Columbine4.Lady Fern, InterruptedFern5.Wild Geranium, SweetWilliam6.Solomon’s Seal,Jack-in-the-Pulpit6.Bottlebrush Grass,InterruptedFern
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45
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66
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33
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3 66
33
22 1155
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35
46
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Rain Garden Plant Layout
1.FanfareGaillardia2.VariegatedSilverGrass3.PurpleConeflower4.ButterflyMilkweed,Black-eyedSusan5.AsiaticLily(White)
1.PardonMeDaylily2.KarlFoerster’sFeatherReedGrass3.ButterflyMilkweed4.Black-eyedSusan5.FanfareGaillardia6.ElijahBlueFescue6.BrandonPinkCoralbells
1.NannyberryViburnum2.KarlFoerster’sFeatherReedGrass3.PardonMeDaylily4.ElijahBlueFescue5.ThreadleafCoreopsis6.FanfareGaillardia7.Black-eyedSusan8.ButterflyMilkweed
1.KarlFoerster’sFeatherReedGrass2.ThreadleafCoreopsis3.PurpleConeflower4.RocketCityDaylily5.PardonMeDaylily6.PlumPuddingCoralbells7.FanfareGaillardia8.PrairieDropseed
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3 34
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5 5
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3 4
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Non-Native Plant List for Sun
Rain Garden Plant Layout
Non-Native Plant List for Shade
1.MaidenhairFern2.Jacob’sLadder3.Solomon’sSeal4.VisionsAstilbe5.Columbine6.JapanesePaintedFern
1.IndianGrass2.Columbine3.Solomon’sSeal4.PlumPuddingCoralbells5.InterruptedFern6.ShirleyLevyHosta7.EverlastingLoveHosta
1.EverlastingLoveHosta2.JapanesePaintedFern3.MaidenhairFern4.Columbine5.VirginiaBluebells6.Jack-in-the-Pulpiit7.CalicoAster
1.EverlastingLoveHosta2.Dutchman’sBritches3.Jacob’sLadder4.LadyFern5.BrandonPinkCoralbells6.ShirleyLevyHosta7.VisionsAstilbe
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4 4
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Rain Garden Plant Layout
Native Tree, Shrub, and Plant List
Non-Native Tree, Shrub, and Plant List
1.Redbud,Serviceberry2.WildGeranium3.Red Oster Dogwood,BlackChokeberry4.ButterflyMilkweed5.Jacob’sLadder6.WildPetunia7.PrairieDropseed8.SmoothBlueAster9.PrairieSmoke10.LadyFern
1.Nannyberry Viburnum,PagodaDogwood2.MagicBerrySnowberry3EndlessSummerHydrangea“BlushingBride”4.VisonsAstilbe5.MayNightSalvia6.Black-eyedSusan7.AsiaticLily(white)8.PardonMeDaylily9.BrandonPinkCoralbells10.PlumPuddingCoralbells11.BrandonPinkCoralbells
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333
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