29 Best Plants for Your Rain Garden - Epic Gardening
Jan 12, 2024 · A rain garden is a depressed, low-lying area specifically planted with perennial plants to absorb and filter rainwater runoff. A combination of native flowers, herbs, shrubs, and grasses can filter pollutants, prevent flooding, and provide resources for local wildlife.
Top 20+ Rain Garden Plants - Garden Design
The best rain garden plants are moisture-tolerant natives that can also endure dry periods. Choose plants based on your region and hardiness zone, amount of annual rainfall, light exposure, and soil conditions.
21 Top Rain Garden Plants for a Lush Oasis | Proven Winners
Explore our lineup of awesome plants for rain gardens, picked for their resilience in wet conditions. These plants can handle occasional flooding and will keep your garden vibrant all year with beautiful flowers and lush foliage.
Creating a Rain Garden: Rain Garden Designs and Plants
Jul 18, 2024 · A rain garden is a shallow, bowl-shaped area that collects water runoff from impervious surfaces such as downspouts, sump pumps, paved areas, roofs, driveways, walkways, and lawns.
The 10 Best Plants For A Rain Garden - Southern Living
May 28, 2024 · This guide provides expert insight and a list of recommended plant options for rain gardens. Plus, tips for how to create a thriving and sustainable rain garden.
Building a rain garden | UMN Extension
A rain garden is a planted low area that allows rainwater runoff to soak in from hard surfaces like roofs, driveways, walkways and parking lots. A rain garden: Removes pollutants from water before it enters surface waters. Prevents erosion by holding soil in place with its deep roots. Attracts birds and butterflies.
How to Build a Rain Garden - Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Aug 23, 2022 · Interested? Here’s how you can design and install your own rain garden. Location. Rain gardens are most effective when they’re near whatever water source will be filling them. You might already have a low spot in your yard that holds standing water after significant rainfalls — this would be an easy place to install a rain garden.
Rain gardens (bioretention) 101 - Minnesota Stormwater Manual
Feb 2, 2023 · Rain gardens, also called bioretention basins, are planted depressions that collect stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces, such as roofs and streets, and filter pollutants out of the runoff water. There are two basic types of rain gardens, as shown on the right.
How to Design a Rain Garden - The Spruce
Apr 11, 2023 · A rain garden is a landscaped, shallow depression planted with adaptive native plants that can capture, temporarily hold, and filter stormwater back into the ground. A good rain garden design prevents stormwater from running off of a property and into storm sewer systems where nonpoint source pollutants (NPS) can enter our local waterways.
10 Best Plants for a Rain Garden — The Family Handyman
Jun 23, 2023 · When you plant a rain garden, you do your part for the environment, filtering runoff and protecting groundwater. Pick the right plants and you're also rewarded with a beautiful garden!