RAIN GARDEN SPECIES FOR FULL TO PARTIAL SUN
FROM TAYLOR CREEK RESTORATION NURSERIES & NATIVE LANDSCAPES BY AES
We specialize in natives! Call for installation services.
Species name
Common name
Ht
Color
Bloom
Native Habitat
Forbs
Acorus calamus
Alisma subcordatum
Iris virginica shrevei
Pontederia cordata
Sagittaria latifolia
Sweet flag
Water plantain
Blue flag iris
Pickerelweed
Broad-leaved arrowhead
1'-3'
1'-3'
1'-3'
1'-4'
2'-4'
green
white
blue/purple
blue/purple
white
May-June
May-Oct
June-Aug
July-Aug
July-Aug
W/WP
W/WP
W/WP
W
W
Sedges
Carex hystricina
Carex vulpinoidea
Porcupine sedge
Fox sedge
6”-24" yellow
6”12" yellow/brown
May-June
W/WP
W/WP
Rushes
Scirpus acutus
Scirpus americanus
Scirpus atrovirens
Scirpus fluviatilis
Scirpus validus
Sparganium eurycarpum
Hard-stemmed bulrush
Three-square bulrush
Dark green bulrush
River bulrush
Soft-stem bulrush
Giant bur-reed
2'-4'
1'-3'
2'-4'
1'-4'
2'-5'
2'-4'
brown
brown
yellow/brown
yellow/brown
orange/brown
green/brown
June-Aug
June-Aug
June-Aug
June-Aug
June-Sept
May-July
W
W/WP
W
W
W
W
Swamp milkweed
New England aster
Red-stemmed aster
Marsh aster
False aster
Marsh marigold
Turtlehead
Fireweed
Joe-pye weed
Boneset
Sneezeweed
Gayfeather
Cardinal flower
Great blue lobelia
Winged loosestrife
Smooth phlox
Obedient plant
2'-6'
1’-4'
1'-5'
1'-2'
3'-5'
8"-24"
1'-3'
3'-6'
2'-6'
2'-4'
2'-4'
2'-4'
2'-4'
1'-4'
1'-2'
2'-4'
1'-4'
pink/red
purple
purple/blue
white
white
yellow
white
pink/red
pink/purple
white
yellow
purple
scarlet
blue
pink/purple
pink
purple
July-Aug
Aug-Oct
Aug-Nov
Aug-Oct
Aug-Oct
April-June
July-Sept
July-Sept
July-Sept
July-Sept
Aug-Oct
July-Aug
July-Sept
Aug-Sept
June-Sept
May-June
June-Aug
Common mountain mint
Sweet coneflower
Compass plant
1'-4'
2'-4'
4'-8'
white
yellow/brown
yellow
July-Sept
Aug-Sept
July-Sept
WP/W
WP/MP
WP/W
WP/W
WD
WP/W
WP/W
WP/W
W/WP
WP/WP/W
W/WP
WP/MP
WP/MP
Key
W/WP
DP…..dry prairie
WP/W
WP….wet prairie
WW/W
MP….mesic prairie
WP/MP
E…….emergent
WD….woodland
WP/MP
WW….wet woodland
WP/MP
S……..savanna
DP/MP
Clay Soils
Silty and Sandy Soils
Forbs
Asclepias incarnata
Aster novae-angliae
Aster puniceus
Aster simplex
Boltonia asteroides
Caltha palustris
Chelone glabra
Epilobium angustifolium
Eupatorium maculatum
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Helenium autumnale
Liatris pycnostachya
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia siphilitica
Lythrum alatum
Phlox glaberrima
Physostegia virginiana
Pycnanthemum
virginianum
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Silphium laciniatum
For more information, contact Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries or Native Landscapes by AES at 608-897-8641,
e-mail info@appliedeco.com, or visit www.appliedeco.com.
Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries and Native Landscapes by AES are divisions of Applied Ecological Services, Inc.
17921 Smith Road, Brodhead, WI 53520
RAIN GARDEN SPECIES FOR FULL TO PARTIAL SUN
FROM TAYLOR CREEK RESTORATION NURSERIES & NATIVE LANDSCAPES BY AES
We specialize in natives! Call for installation services.
Species name
Common name
Ht
Color
Bloom
Native Habitat
Prairie dock
Grass-leaved goldenrod
Riddell's goldenrod
Germander
Blue vervain
4'-8'
1'-4'
1'-3'
8"-36"
2'-4'
yellow
yellow
yellow
pink
purple
Aug-Oct
June-Oct
Sept-Nov
July-Sept
July-Sept
MP/DP
WP/W/MP
W/WP
WP/MP/DP
W/WP
Culver's root
Golden Alexander
3'-5'
1'-2'
white
yellow
June-Aug
April-June
MP/WP
WP/W
Grasses
Panicum virgatum
Spartina pectinata
Switch grass
Prairie cordgrass
3'-4'
4'-6'
yellow/brown
yellow
Aug-Oct
Aug-Oct
WP/MP
WP/MP
Sedges
Carex comosa
Carex hystericina
Carex scoparia
Carex vulpinoidea
Bottlebrush sedge
Porcupine sedge
Common sedge
Fox sedge
1'-2'
1'-2'
1'-4'
1'-3'
yellowish-green
green
brown
brown
May-July
May-July
June-Aug
June-Aug
WP/W
W/WP
WP/MP
WP/MP
Rushes
Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis obtusa
Juncus torreyi
Needle spike rush
Spike rush
Torrey's rush
1"-12" brown
2"-8" green
6"-24" green
May-June
May-June
July-Aug
WP
WP
WP
15'-20'
3'-15'
5'-10'
5'-9'
3'-4'
3'-4'
purple/brown
white
white
white
yellow
yellow
March
May-Aug
June
May-June
July-Aug
June-Aug
wet/flood plains
marshes, streams
WW
wet/streams
sand-clay
garden soil
Salix discolor
Speckled alder
Buttonbush
Silky dogwood
Red-twig dogwood
Kalm’s St. John’s wort
Shrubby St. John’s wort
Winter berry,
Black alder
Pussy willow
3'-15'
8'-15'
red (fruit)
white/yellow
Sept-Oct
April-May
WW/meadows
wet meadows
Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
8'-10'
white
June-July
dry-wet,
shade-sun
Spiraea alba
Meadowsweet
2'-4'
white
June-Aug
streambanks,
meadows
Spiraea tomentosa
Viburnum trilobum
Steeple bush
2'-4'
pink/purple
American cranberrybush 10’-20' white
July-Sept
April-June
WP, meadows
WW/WD/S
Silty and Sandy Soils (cont.)
Forbs (cont.)
Silphium
terebinthinaceum
Solidago gramnifolia
Solidago riddellii
Teucrium canadense
Verbena hastata
Veronicastrum
virginicum
Zizia aurea
Shrubs
Alnus rugosa
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cornus amomum
Cornus stolonifera
Hypericum kalmianum
Hypericum prolificum
Ilex verticellata
Key
DP…..dry prairie
WP….wet prairie
MP….mesic prairie
E…….emergent
WD….woodland
WW….wet woodland
S……..savanna
For more information, contact Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries or Native Landscapes by AES at 608-897-8641,
e-mail info@appliedeco.com, or visit www.appliedeco.com.
Taylor Creek Restoration Nurseries and Native Landscapes by AES are divisions of Applied Ecological Services, Inc.
17921 Smith Road, Brodhead, WI 53520