Native Plants

Standard Requirements:

• Absorb and filter water
• Thrive in wetland areas
• Deep and resilient root systems that penetrate feet to meters below the soil surface
• Full to mostly sunny sun exposure
• Hardiness Zone: 6a-7b NB Coastal Region
• Rain Garden Zone: Base

Possible Plants to Utilize in Brooklawn Park Rain Garden

Native Plant	Drawing
Swamp Milkweed (asclepias incarnata) Blooms in June, July, and August Height: 3-6′ Spread: 2′ Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Marsh Marigold (caltha palustris) Blooms in May Height: 0.5-1′ Spread: 1-1.5′ Attracts hummingbirds
Cardinal Flower (lobelia cardinalis) Blooms in June, July, and August Height: 2-4′ Spread: 2′ Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds Will often reseed itself and migrate in the garden
New York American Aster (symphotrichum novi-belgii) Blooms in August, September, and October Height: 2.5-6′ Spread: 3′ Attracts bees
White Turtlehead (chelone glabra) Blooms in July Height: 1-4′ Spread: 1-2′ Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Foxglove Beardtongue (penstemon digitalis) Blooms in June and July Height: 2-4′ Spread: 1.5′ Attracts bees and hummingbirds Reseeds freely
Closed Gentian/Meadow Bottle Gentian (gentiana clausa) Blooms in August and September Height: 1-3′ Spread: 1-2′ Attracts bees Never fully opens, good understory plant
Spotted Cranesbill (geranium maculatum) Blooms in April to June Height: 1–2′ Spread: 1-1.5′ Attracts bees, butterflies
Great Blue Lobelia (lobelia siphilitica) Blooms in July to September Height: 1.5-5′ Spread: 1-1.5′ Attracts bees, hummingbirds, and birds

Find and Buy Native Plants:

Garden in the Woods
High Country Gardens
Direct Native Plants
Great Garden Plants
Prairie Nursery
Rare Roots

References