Rain Garden Six - Part Sun, Part Shade

Garden Six Map
Rain Garden Six

Detailed Design Information

  • Garden Grading File (PDF)
    This file contains the final and initial grading of the site.
  • Plant Zoning File (PDF)
    This file contains the zoning of the plants for the garden, as well as showing the surrounding topography of the site.
  • Property Layout File (PDF)
    This file shows the layout of the entire property and illustrates how the rain garden was designed to fit within the attributes of the site.

Plants

Blue Flag Iris flower

Blue Flag Iris

  • Iris virginica
  • Full sun
  • Height 2 to 4 feet
  • Spread 1 to 2 feet
  • Blooms May through June
Common Lilac Flower

Common Lilac

  • Syringa vulgaris
  • Full sun / part shade
  • Height 8 to 15 feet
  • Spread 6 to 12 feet
  • Blooms April through May
Pennsylvania Sedge Plant

Pennsylvania Sedge

  • Heuchera americana
  • Part shade
  • Height 1 to 2 feet
  • Spread 1 to 1.5 feet
  • Bloom June through August
Prairie Dock Flower

Prairie Dock

  • Silphium terebinthinaceum
  • Full sun
  • Height 3 to 7 feet
  • Spread 1 to 3 feet
  • Blooms July through September
Swamp Milkweek plant

Swamp Milkweed

  • Asclepias incarnata
  • Full sun / part sun
  • Height 4 to 5 feet
  • Spread 2 to 3 feet
  • Blooms July through August
Wild Geranium plant

Wild Geranium

  • Geranium maculatum
  • Full sun / part shade
  • Height 1.5 to 2 feet
  • Spread 1 to 1.5 feet
  • Blooms April through July