Special Collections

PEACH Raingarden

Species list for PEACH rain garden project; also included in the species list is Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'

Last Update: 2022-04-19

scientific	common	duration	habit	height	exposure	moisture	image	detail
Carex grayi	Gray’s Sedge	Perennial	Graminoid	to 18 inches	Sun, Part Shade, Shade (full-shade)	Average, Moist		detail
Chelone lyonii	Pink Turtlehead	Perennial	Forb/herb	1-2 ft.	Sun, Part Shade	Average, Moist		detail
Eutrochium purpureum	Purple Joe-pye-weed	Perennial	Forb/herb	3-6 ft.	Sun, Part Shade	Average, Moist		detail
Helianthus angustifolius	Swamp Sunflower	Perennial	Forb/herb	1-6 ft.	Sun, Part Shade, Shade (full-shade)	Average, Moist		detail
Hibiscus moscheutos	Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow	Annual, Perennial	Subshrub, Forb/herb	4-6 ft.	Sun, Part Shade	Average, Moist		detail
Itea virginica	Virginia Sweetspire	Perennial	Shrub	3-4 ft.; width 3-4 ft.	Sun, Part Shade, Shade (full-shade)	Average, Moist		detail
Lindera benzoin	Northern Spicebush	Perennial	Tree, Shrub	6-9 ft.	Sun, Part Shade	Dry, Average, Moist		detail
Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal Flower	Perennial	Forb/herb	2-4 ft.	Sun, Part Shade, Shade (full-shade)	Average, Moist		detail
Monarda fistulosa	Wild Bergamot	Perennial	Subshrub, Forb/herb	2-5 ft.	Sun, Part Shade	Dry, Average, Moist		detail
Morella cerifera	Common Wax-myrtle	Perennial	Tree, Subshrub, Shrub	10-15 ft.	Sun, Part Shade, Shade (full-shade)	Dry, Average, Moist		detail
Osmunda cinnamomea	Cinnamon Fern	Perennial	Forb/herb	2-3 ft.	Part Shade, Shade (full-shade)	Average, Moist		detail
Penstemon digitalis	Foxglove Beardtongue	Perennial	Forb/herb	2-4 ft.	Sun, Part Shade	Dry, Average		detail
Vernonia noveboracensis	New York Ironweed	Perennial	Forb/herb	3-7 ft.	Sun, Part Shade, Shade (full-shade)	Average, Moist		detail

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