Rain Garden Plants

These plants work well for creating beautiful and functional rain gardens. They can also be planted to help absorb excess moisture in low-lying areas, or included in moist borders.

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Ilex glabra Common Name: Inkberry Inkberry has a broad upright habit and holds its foliage at the base of the plant. This evergreen holly tolerates heat, drought, sun, shade and transplanting and grows exceptionally well in urban areas. It is pest and disease resistant. Flowers give... [ More Info ]

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Ilex verticillata Common Name: Winterberry Winterberry is a deciduous holly that is slow growing, with an upright-rounded habit. In the wild, it often suckers to form large thickets or colonies but can be pruned to form a small tree. Inconspicuous greenish-white flowers appear in late spring ... [ More Info ]

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Iris versicolor Common Name: Blueflag Very robust, dramatic display of boldly veined, sword-like leaves with large, violet-blue flowers. This is a great plant beside a pond in the transition area between water and land. Benefits: Clump forming iris that thrives along the margi... [ More Info ]

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Itea virginica Common Name: Virginia Sweetspire Fragrant, white flower spikes, 3-6" long, cover the shrub with bloom in early summer. Dark green leaves turn scarlet and crimson in fall, sometimes persisting on the shrub until December. Benefits: Fragrant white flowers attracts butterflie... [ More Info ]