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 .