Plant List for Rain Gardens

Name Color Light Moisture Blooms Soil Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair Fern Green Shade Wet N/A Arisaema triphyllum Jack in the Pulpit Green PS-Shade Wet Apr-May Sand to Clay Asclepias incarnata Red Milkweed Red Sun Wet Jun-July Sand to Clay Aster simplex Marsh aster White Sun Wet Sep-Oct Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern Green Shade Med-Wet N/A Loam to Clay Betula nigra River Birch tree Green Sun-PS Med-Wet N/A no alkaline Carex grayi Common Bur Sedge Green Shade Wet N/A Carex vulpinoidea Brown Fox Sedge Green Pt Shade Wet N/A Sand to Clay Chelone glabra Turtlehead White Sun-PS Med-Wet Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Chelone oblique Rose Turtlehead Rose Sun-Shade Med-Wet Sep-Oct Sand to Clay Cornus sericea ‘Isanti’ Red-osier Dogwood shrub White Sun-PS Med-Wet May-Jun Sand to Clay Elymus villosus Silky Wild Rye Green Shade Wet N/A Eupatorium maculatum Joe Pye Weed Purple Sun-PS Med-Wet July-Sep Sand to Clay Eupatorium rugosum White Snakeroot White Shade Wet July-Aug Sand to Clay Gentiana andrewsii Bottle gentian Blue Sun-PS Med-Wet Aug-Oct Sand to Clay Helenium autumnale Dogtooth Daisy Yellow Sun Wet Aug-Sep Loam to Clay Hierochloe odorata Sweetgrass Green Pt Shade Wet N/A Iris shrevei Wild Iris Blue Sun-PS Wet May-July Sand to Clay Iris versicolor Blue Flag Iris Blue Sun-PS Wet May-Jun Sand to Clay Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower Red Sun-PS Med-Wet July-Sep Sand to Loam Lobelia siphilitica Blue Lobelia Blue Pt Shade Med-Wet July-Oct Sand to Clay

Name Color Light Moisture Blooms Soil Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich Fern Green PS-Shade Wet Sand to Clay Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells Blue Pt Shade Wet Apr-May Sand to Clay Mimulus ringens Monkey Flower Blue Pt Shade Wet Jun-Sep Sand to Clay Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern Green Sun-Shade Wet Loam to Clay Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern Green Sun-Shade Wet Sand to Clay Phlox pilosa Prairie Phlox Pink Pt Shade Wet May-July Sand to Loam Pycnantheum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint White Pt Shade Wet Jun-Sep Sand to Loam Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet Black-eyed Susan Yellow Sun-PS Med-Wet Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Solidago flexicaulis ZigZag Goldenrod Yellow Pt Shade Wet Aug-Oct Sand to Clay Spartina pectinata Prairie Cord Grass Green Sun Wet N/A Sand to Clay Sylphium perfoliatum Cup plant Yellow Sun-PS Med-Wet July-Sep Sand to Clay Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow Rue Shade Wet N/A Sand to Loam Vernonia fasiculata Ironweed Purple Sun-PS Med-Wet July-Sep Sand to Clay Veronicastrum virginicum Culver’s root White Sun-PS Med-Wet Jun-Aug Sand to Clay Viburnum dentatum Arrowood Viburnum (shrub) White Sun-PS Med-Wet May Sand to Clay Viburnum lentago Nannyberry (shrub) White Sun-Shade Med-Wet May Sand to Clay

Agastache foeniculum Anise hyssop Purple Pt Shade Medium July-Sep Sand to Loam Allium cernuum Nodding Onion Purple Pt Shade Medium July-Aug Sand to Clay Amsonia tabernaemontana Common Bluestar Blue PS-Shade Medium Apr-May Sand to Clay Anemone canadensis Canada anemone White Pt Shade Medium May-Jun Sand to Clay Anemone virginiana Tall Anemone White Shade Medium Jun-Aug Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry White Sun-PS Medium Sand to Clay

Name Color Light Moisture Blooms Soil

Aruncus dioicus White Goat’s Beard White Sun-Shade Medium June Loam Aster lateriflorus Calico Aster White Shade Medium Aug-Oct Sand to Clay Aster novae-angliae New England Aster Purple Sun-PS Medium Aug-Oct Sand to Clay Baptisia australis Blue False Indigo Blue Sun-PS Medium May-Jun Loam to Clay Baptisia lactea White False Indigo White Sun-PS Medium Jun-July Sand to Clay Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama Grass Green Pt Shade Medium Sand to Loam Carex muskingumensis Palm Sedge Green Sun-PS Medium May-Jun Sand to Clay Eupatorium coelistinum Mistflower Pink Pt Shade Medium July-Oct Sand to Clay Hepatica acuatiloba Sharp-lobed hepatica Pink-Violet PS-Shade Medium Apr-May Loam Hydrangea arborescens Smooth Hydrangea (shrub) White Sun-PS Medium Jun-Sep Sand to Clay Liatris spicata Dense Blazingstar Purple Sun Medium July-Aug Sand to Clay Lindera benzoin Spice Bush (shrub) Yellow Sun-Shade Medium March Loam Monarda Bee Balm Various Sun-PS Medium May-Jun Sand to Clay Phlox divaricata Woodland Phlox Purple Shade Medium Apr-Jun Sand to Clay Phlox glaberrima Marsh Phlox Purple Pt Shade Medium Jun-Sep Sand to Clay Polemonium reptans Jacob’s Ladder Purple PS-Shade Medium May-Jun Loam Polygonatum biflorum Solomon’s Seal Cream PS-Shade Medium Apr-Jun Loam Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant Pink Sun Medium Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Ratibida pinnata Yellow Coneflower Yellow Sun-PS Medium Jun-Aug Sand to Clay Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Yellow Pt Shade Medium Jun-Oct Sand to Clay Salvia superba ‘mainacht’ Meadow Sage Purple Sun Medium May-Jun Sand to Clay Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem N/A Pt Shade Medium N/A Sand to Loam

Name Color Light Moisture Blooms Soil Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock Yellow Sun Medium July-Sep Sand to Clay Solidago ohioensis Ohio goldenrod Yellow Sun Medium Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine Poppy Yellow Shade Medium Apr-May Loam Symphoricarpos Coralberry (shrub) Pink Sun-PS Medium Jun-July Sand to Clay Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio Spiderwort Purple Sun-PS Medium May-July Sand to Loam Viburnum prunifolium Black Haw Viburnum (shrub) White Sun-PS Medium May Sand to Clay Viburnum trilobum ‘compacta’ Compact American Highbush Cranberry White Sun-PS Medium May Sand to Clay Zizia aurea Golden Alexander Yellow PS-Shade Medium Apr-Jun Sand to Clay

Achillea Yarrow Varies Sun Dry-Med Jun-Sep Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem Grass Bronze Sun Dry-Moist Aug-Oct Sand to Clay Aquilegia canadensis Columbine Red Sun-Shade Dry-Med May-Jun Sand to Loam Aster azureus Sky Blue Aster Blue Sun-PS Dry-Med Aug-Oct Sand to Loam Aster divaricatus White Woodland Aster White Sun-PS Dry-Med Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Aster laevis Smooth Blue Aster Blue Sun Dry-Med Aug-Oct Sand to Loam Boltonia asteroids False Aster White Sun-PS Dry-Med Aug-Oct Sand to Clay Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats Grama Grass Green Sun Dry-Med Aug-Sep Sand to Loam Dalea purpurea Purple Prairie Clover Purple Sun Dry-Med July-Aug Sand to Clay Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower Purple Sun-PS Dry-Med July-Sep Sand to Clay Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye Straw Sun Dry-Moist July-Aug Sand to Clay Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master White Sun Dry-Med Jun-Aug Sand to Clay Geranum maculatum Wild Geranium Purple Sun-Shade Dry-Med May-Jun Sand to Loam Name Color Light Moisture Blooms Soil Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke Pink Sun Dry-Med May-Jun Sand to Loam Heliopsis helianthoides Ox Eye Sunflower Yellow Sun Dry-Med Jun-Aug Sand to Clay Panicum virgatum Switch Grass Gold Sun Dry-Moist Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Penstemon ovatus Broad-leaved Penstemon Blue Sun Dry-Med May-July Sand to Loam Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem Grass Red Sun Dry-Med Aug-Oct Sand to Loam Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant Yellow Sun Dry-Med Jun-Sep Sand to Clay Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod Yellow Sun Dry-Med Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass Gold Sun Dry-Moist Aug-Sep Sand to Clay Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed Grass Gold Sun Dry-Med Aug-Sep Sand to Loam Tradescantia bracteata Spiderwort Blue Sun Dry-Med Jun-July Sand to Clay