CITY OF BEND (UPDATED) TIPS FOR SELECTING SUITABLE PLANTS FOR RAIN GARDENS IN CENTRAL OREGON

Finding attractive, low maintenance plants that can withstand inundation periods of 24‐72 hours during and after storm events, long dry periods, our cold winters, and that are typically available locally can be a challenge here in Central Oregon. Here are a few tips for your consideration.

Native Plants for Dry and Sunny Infiltration Areas MAY 2013 Common Name Botanical Shade Partial Sun Ongoing No Irrigation Xeriscape Name Shade Irrigation Likely Guide2 Why? Needed1 Needed Page Protection of our water Once resources is important Established for our river, and Currant, Ribes    16 associated economy; and Golden aureum for protection of our Desert Spray Holodiscus   drinking water aquifers. dumosus Fescue, Idaho Low impact development Festuca    idahoensis measures that help to Flax, Lewis Linum retain stormwater and    (aka Blue) lewisii infiltrate it through the Gilia, Scarlet Ipomopsis    soil can be a useful for aggregata protecting water quality. Globemallow, Sphaeralcea    Thank You Native munroana The City of Bend Indian Blanket Gaillardia    appreciates the ongoing Flower aristata 27 work and advice of the Oregon Eriophyllum   3 Stormwater Quality Public Sunshine lanatum 4 Advisory Group (PAG) for Penstemons Penstemon    25 assisting staff to create spp. products to protect Phlox, Native Phlox    stormwater quality. Creeping diffusa, Phlox Special thanks goes to douglasii or Chris Hart‐Henderson of Phlox hoodii Heart‐Springs Landscape Pussytoes Antennaria    25 Design, LLC and Rick microphylla Martinson (WinterCreek Spiraea, Spiraea   Restoration) for the Douglas douglasii valuable tips herein. Disclaimer The plants included here Great Basin Leymus   Wild Rye cinereus are only suggestions. The City of Bend accepts no liability should they fail or Not finding what you want? For dry and sunny areas, also ask your nursery specialist be problematic in a about appropriate varieties of Carex sp. (sedges), Juncus sp. (rushes), and Salix sp. specific area. The lists are (willow, such as coyote willow or lemons willow). not meant to be intensive, but are partial lists of locally‐available plants. Please contact a landscape professional for additional guidance and specific site recommendations.

1 Irrigation needed after first dry season. Most plants will require some irrigation to become established. Native Plants for Dry and Shady Areas Common Name Botanical Name Shade Partial Sun Ongoing No Irrigation Xeriscape Shade Irrigation Likely Needed Guide Page Needed1 Once Established Reference Alumroot, Tall Heuchera cylindrica    Bleeding Heart, Dicentra Formosa    Pacific Chokecherry Prunus virginiana     Columbine, Aquilegia Formosa    28 Western Elderberry, Blue Sambucus carulea     Geranium, Native Geranium    Wild maculatum Grape, Creeping Mahonia repens    14 Oregon Grass, Native Sisyrinchium     Blue-eyed idahoense Hairgrass, Tufted Deschampsia    (if in shade) caespitosa Rose, Woods Rosa woodsi     19 Serviceberry Amelanchier    21 alnifolia, Amelanchier spp. Snowberry Symphoricarpus   albus Spirea, Birch Leaf Spirea betulifolia    Spirea, Subalpine Spirea densiflorus    18 Strawberry, Fragaria vesca    Native Woods

Drought‐Tolerant Non‐Native Perennials and Grasses Common Name Botanical Name Shade Partial Sun Ongoing No Irrigation Xeriscape Shade Irrigation Likely Needed Guide Page Needed1 Once Reference Established Alyssum Mt. Gold Alyssum montanum    Mt. Gold Artemesia or Artemesia species   Varies Varies 21, 27 Wormwood Fall Aster Aster novi-belgii    Basket of Gold Aurinia saxatile    27 5 Bishops Weed Aegopodium   podagraria Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgida    27 ‘Goldstrum’ Bugleweed Ajuga reptans     Catmint Nepeta X faasenii    Columbine Aquilegia species    28

Coneflower Echinacea purpurea    Coreopsis-- Coreopsis species    28 Tickseed Indigo, False Baptisia australis    Fescue, Blue Festuca ovina glauca    23

2 An Introduction to Xeriscaping in the High Desert and Pictorial Plant Guide for Central & Eastern Oregon (2005). 3 Plant higher in rain garden as this species may drown out. 4 (Showy, Lowly, Blue Mt., Richardson’s Cutleaf.etc) . Consult your nursery specialist for more specificity on species for varieties that will tolerate seasonal inundation, as many varieties will not. 5 Use only in controlled setting. Tendency to become invasive. Drought‐Tolerant Non‐Native Perennials and Grasses (continued) Common Name Botanical Name Shade Partial Sun Ongoing No Irrigation Xeriscape Shade Irrigation Likely Needed Guide Page Needed1 Once Reference Established Germander Teucrium chaemydrs    Grass, Blue Oat Helictotrichon     22 sempervirens Grass, Karl Calamagrostis     22 Foerster acutiflora Hairgrass, Tufted Deschampsia     (if in shade) caespitosa Hens and Chicks Sempervivum   Varies 24 species Hyssop, Sunset Agastache rupestris    29 Iceplant Delosperma   Varies 24 nubigenum Indian Blanket Gaillardia aristata   Varies 27 Flower Lavender, English Lavender angustifolia    Mexican Hat Ratbida columnifera    31 Pasque flower Pulsatilla species    30 Penstemon- Penstemon species    30 Beardtongue Pincushion Scabiosa species    Flower Poppies, Oriental Papaaver orientale    31 Red Hot Poker Kniphofia uvaria   Varies 31 Sage, Russian Perovskia atriplicifolia    17 Salvia or Sage Salvia nemerosa or    31 species Snow-in-Summer Cerstium    26 tomentosum Speedwell Veronica species    26 Stonecrop Sedum species    Varies 26 Thyme Thymus species    26 Yarrow Achillea millefolium   Varies 31 varieties

Drought‐Tolerant Non‐Native Shrubs and Trees Common Name Botanical Name Shade Partial Sun Ongoing No Irrigation Xeriscape Shade Irrigation Likely Needed Guide Page Needed1 Once Reference Established Barberry Berberis species     18 Bluebeard Caryopteris x    17 cladonensis Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana    9 Canada Red ‘Schubert’ Crabapple Malus hybrids    9 Grape, Oregon Mahonia aquifolium     14 or repens Hawthorn Crataegus species    9-10 Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos    11 Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica     20 Bush ‘Arnold Red’

Juniper Juniperus    12 scopulorum Drought‐Tolerant Non‐Native Shrubs and Trees (continued) Common Name Botanical Name Shade Partial Sun Ongoing No Irrigation Xeriscape Shade Irrigation Likely Needed Guide Page Needed1 Once Reference Established Lilac Syringa species    21 Maple, Amur Acer ginnala     10 Nannyberry Viburnum lentago     22 Ninebark Physocarpus     21 Pea Shrub, Caragana    21 Siberian arborescens Pear, Chanticleer Pyrus calleryana    10 Chanticleer or equal Pine, Austrian Pinus nigra    12 Pine, Bosnian Pinus leucodermis    Pine, Bristlecone Pinus aristata    12 Pine, Mugo Pinus mugo mugo    13 Pine, Vanderwolf Pinus flexilis    13 or Limber Potentilla Potentilla fruticosus    17 Serviceberry Tree Amelanchier x     10 grandiflora Spirea Spirea species     Spruce, Dwarf Picea pumila     Sumac, Fragrant Rhus aromatica    18 Willow, Dwarf Salix purpurea     Arctic Willow, Hakuro Salix integra ‘Hakuro     Nishiki Nishiki’

Of Note These plant lists are intended for use in rain garden and other bioretention facilities, detention ponds, vegetated swales or other surface infiltration facilities. This plant list assumes the facility is well drained and briefly holds rainwater. This list assumes the facility is designed to be fully drained within 24 – 72 hours after the peak rain event. Other Resources  As noted in the tables, more information on several of these plants can be found in the An Introduction to Xeriscaping in the High Desert and Pictorial Plant Guide for Central & Eastern Oregon guide. Want a copy? Call: 541‐317‐3002 (when prompted, select “3”).  Want to make a rain garden? Consider using the plants mentioned above together with the guidance in the Oregon Rain Garden Guide, available online at: http://www.oeconline.org/our‐ work/rivers/stormwater/low‐impact‐development/rain‐garden‐guide  Want more in depth stormwater design information? Download a copy of the Central Oregon Stormwater Manual (2010), available online at: http://www.coic.org/cd/stormwater/index.htm CITY OF BEND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Accomodation Information for People with Disabilities th To obtain this information in an alternate format such as Braille, large 575 NE 15 Street. print, electronic formats and audio cassette tape please contact BEND, OREGON, 97701 the City of Bend Accessibility Manager at 541-693-2141, [email protected], and/or fax 541-385-6676. 541‐317‐3000 FAX: 541‐693‐2196 Wendy Edde, Stormwater Program Manager