Rain Garden Pre-Planned Garden

The water-cleansing Rain Garden will channel water runoff and color your landscape with shades of pink, yellow and white. The Rain Garden Pre-Planned Garden comes with premium plants, a planting diagram and plant care guide to create and maintain a professionally designed garden. The small Rain Garden covers approximately 50 sq. ft, while the large Rain Garden will cover 100 sq. feet. It is suitable for planting across most of the US.

Zones	5 - 7
Advantages	Native
Light Requirements	Full Sun
Annual Rainfall	20 to 30" 30 to 40"
Mature Height	Asclepias: 3-4' tall Monarda: 30-36" tall Physostegia: 16-18" tall Phlox: 36-48" tall Ratibida: 36-60" tall Solidago: 36" tall Muhlenbergia: 24-36" tall Panicum: 4-5' tall
Mature Spread	Asclepias: 3' wide Monarda: 18-24" wide Physostegia: 12-15" wide Phlox: 24-36" wide Ratibida: 24-36" wide Solidago: 24" wide Muhlenbergia: 18-24" wide Panicum: 18" wide
Bloom Time	Early summer to early fall
Shipping	No longer available this season. Learn More…
Size	No
SKU	HC017222

USDA Hardiness Planting Zones

To determine if a plant is sufficiently cold hardy, the USDA created numbered zones indicating winter low temperatures; the lower the zone number the colder the winter.

If the coldest winter temperature expected in your area is -15°F (zone 5) then any plants rated zones 3-5 will survive the winter temperatures in your area.
If you live in very warm winter areas (zones 9-11) plants with zones 3-4 ratings are not recommended. The lack of freezing winter temperatures do not provide a time for winter dormancy (rest).

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The water-cleansing Rain Garden Pre-Planned Garden is both colorful and functional. By planting a colorful mix of durable perennial flowers and ornamental grasses in a depression that collects water, their roots and foliage help to filter and clean the water that percolates into the soil and recharges our aquifers. Rain gardens are a great low-tech way to take water that flows from our roofs and other hard surfaces and allows it to be slowly absorbed by the soil. This helps reduce the destructive flow of dirty storm water run-off into our streams and rivers and creates beneficial habitat using native plants. The Rain Gardens come with a planting diagram and plant care guide to create and maintain a professionally designed garden.

The large pre-planned Rain Garden covers approx. 100 sq. ft. and includes the following perennials: (3) each of Asclepias incarnata, Monarda fistulosa and Physostegia virginiana 'Crystal Peak White', (2) each of Phlox paniculata Jeana, Ratibida pinnata, Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' and Muhlenbergia reverchonii and (1) Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' for a total of 18 plants.

The small pre-planned Rain Garden covers approximately 50 sq. ft. and includes the following perennials: (2) Asclepias incarnata and (1) each of Monarda fistulosa, Physostegia virginiana 'Crystal Peak White', Phlox paniculata Jeana, Ratibida pinnata, Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks', Muhlenbergia reverchonii and Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' for a total of 9 plants.

(Note: we reserve the right to substitute another regionally suitable plant should any of the listed varieties be unavailable.)

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Associated SKUs	HC017222
Common Name	Rain Garden Pre-Planned Garden
Botanical Name	Rain Garden Pre-Planned Garden
Zones	5, 6, 7
Light Requirements	Full Sun
Flower Color	Mixed
Mature Height	Asclepias: 3-4' tall Monarda: 30-36" tall Physostegia: 16-18" tall Phlox: 36-48" tall Ratibida: 36-60" tall Solidago: 36" tall Muhlenbergia: 24-36" tall Panicum: 4-5' tall
Mature Spread	Asclepias: 3' wide Monarda: 18-24" wide Physostegia: 12-15" wide Phlox: 24-36" wide Ratibida: 24-36" wide Solidago: 24" wide Muhlenbergia: 18-24" wide Panicum: 18" wide
Bloom Time	Early summer to early fall
Ships As	Potted Plant
Soil Type	Sandy Soil, Average Soil, Well-Drained Soil
Soil Moisture	Drought Resistant / Waterwise, Average
Amount Of Rain	20 to 30", 30 to 40"
Advantages	Native
Special Groups	High Country Gardens Exclusive, High Country Gardens Introduction
Ideal Region	Anywhere In The US, Northeast, Midwest, West, Southwest, Pacific Northwest
Planting Time	Spring / Summer, Fall
Neonicotinoid Free	Yes - Learn More
Item Unit Of Measure	Plant
Ships To Canada	No

Planting Guides

Rain Garden Planting Tips

Here are a few basics to help you understand the process. (See our Buliding A Rain Garden article for more detailed information.)

To create a rain garden, your perennials will be planted in a shallow depression (8 to 12 inches deep) into which run-off water drains from a roof, driveway or other hard surfaces. Test the planting area for drainage by digging a 12” wide by 12" deep hole and filling with water to saturate soil; refill in a few hours after water drains. After filling the hole a second time, the water should completely drain within 12 hours. If not, this indicates poor drainage that will require moving the garden to another site to avoid long-term standing water.

Size the rain garden's area (sq. footage) to match the sq. footage of the roof area (or other hard surfaces) that will drain into it. Be sure the depression will hold more than 1" of rainfall so it will hold enough to hold several days of rain. Here are some useful metrics to help size the rain garden depression.

Rain Garden Soil Preparation

Excavate the rain garden to a depth of approximately 8 to 12 inches in depth. Be sure not to leave a vertical edge, but rather a gentle slope down to the bottom.
Take the soil from the depression and use it to mound up the edge and create a gentle slope that slants away from the edge.

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View more Planting Guides, or download our complete Planting Guide for tips on caring for your plants when you receive your order, as well as planting instructions for Perennials, Spring-Planted Bulbs, Fall-Planted Bulbs, Cacti & Succulents, Xeric Plants and more.

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