Rain Garden

These plants have evolved over thousands of years to thrive in wet soils and to effectively percolate rainwater into the ground water so that it doesn't contribute to runoff and soil erosion.

Unlike plants used in and around ponds, rain garden plants should be able to survive both inundation and dry spells. To find out more about constructing a working rain garden or bioswale, check out websites such as www.raingardens.org, clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/raingarden/, http://www.bolton-menk.com/news/documents/RainGardensGuide.pdf, and, coming in November 2005, the website for Kansas City's 10,000 Rain Gardens project. Critsite is the official supplier for this exciting Kansas City project.

	Tussock Sedge Carex stricta		Horsetail Equisetum hyemale		Torrey's Rush Juncus torreyi
	Blunt Spike Rush Eleocharis obtusa		Blue Flag Iris versicolor		Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
	Copper Iris Iris fulva		Prairie Cord Grass Spartina pectinata		Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis
	Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis		Rose Mallow Hibiscus lasiocarpos		Rose Turtlehead Chelone obliqua
	Marsh Blazing Star Liatris spicata		Marsh Milkweed Asclepias incarnata		Mist Flower Eupatorium coelestinum
	Needle Spike Rush Eleocharis acicularis		New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae		Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum
	Queen of the Prairie Filipendula rubra		Swamp Aster Aster puniceus		Black Cohosh Actaea podocarpa