Designs for rain gardens in clay soil in full sun

(from Rain Gardens - A how-to manual for homeowners)

(from Prairie Nursery - 184 plant garden in 192 sq ft will handle a rooftop run off for a 950 square foot roof area)

WILDFLOWERS
7 Red Milkweed
12 New England Aster
1 White False Indigo
7 Blue Flag Iris
8 Prairie Blazingstar
8 Wild Quinine
7 Smooth Penstemon
8 Yellow Coneflower
2 Sweet Black Eyed Susan
12 Stiff Goldenrod
8 Ironweed
8 Culver's Root

GRASSES
96 Fox Sedge

S P E C I E S	BLOOM / COLOR	# of PLANTS
Rose Milkweed	Jun - Aug	3
New England Aster	Aug - Oct	3
Joe Pye Weed	Jun - Aug	2
Rose Mallow	Jul - Sep	2
Southern Blue FLag	May - Jul	3
Prairie Blazing Star	Jul - Sep	4
Sweet Black- eyed Susan	Aug - Oct	2
Wild Senna	Jul, Aug	3
Prairie Dock	Jul - Sep	2
Ohio Spiderwort	May - Jul	3
Blue Vervain	Jul - Sep	3
Common Ironweed	Jul - Sep	3
Common Hop Sedge	May - Jul	2
Brown Fox Sedge	Jun, Jul	3

While nearly all native plants develop deep root systems and can absorb many inches of rainwater in a short amount of time, the moisture-loving species in a Rain Garden are best placed in the central, low part of the area that will receive the most water. All the plants in Prairie Moom Nursey's rain garden design can be placed in the center, depression area but species like Joe Pye Weed, Common Ironweed, and Prairie Dock with their tall stature are often planted closest to the center. Shorter plants like the Sedges, Ohio Spiderwort and Southern Blue Flag Iris toward the edges will then not get overwhelmed by larger plants.

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