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| RAIN GARDENS |
BaySmart recommends these plants for rain gardens:
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Wildflowers, Ferns, Grasses, and Sedges:
- Asclepias incarnata, Swamp milkweed
- Chelone glabra, White turtlehead
- Eupatorium maculatum, Joe-pye weed
- Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal flower
- Lobelia syphilitica, Blue lobelia
- Monarda didyma, Oswego tea
- Vernonia noveboracensis, Common ironweed
- Athyrium filix-femina, Lady fern
- Osmunda regalis, Royal fern
- Osmunda cinnamomea, Cinnamon fern
- Carex pendula, Drooping sedge
- Carex stipata, Tussock sedge
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Trees and Shrubs:
- Amelanchier laevis, Shadbush
- Asimina triloba, Pawpaw
- Betula nigra, River birch
- Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush
- Clethra alnifolia, Sweet pepperbush
- Cornus amomum, Silky dogwood
- Fothergilla gardenii, Dwarf fothergilla
- Ilex verticillata, Winterberry holly
- Lindera benzoin, Spicebush
- Liquidambar styraciflua, Sweet gum
- Sambucus canadensis, American elderberry
- Viburnum dentatum, Arrowwood
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