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A rain garden is one of the most common ways to incorporate green infrastructure into any landscape. Its main function is to reduce water runoff and filter out contaminants that would otherwise runoff into your local watershed. This Rain Garden Mix is also deer resistant with species deer do not find palatable. 

Recommended Seeding Rate: 15 lbs. per acre

Botanical Name & % of Mix
Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow) 1.00%
Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem) 5.00%
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed) 2.00%
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra (Eastern Swamp milkweed) 1.00%
Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed) 1.00%
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed) 0.50%
Baptisia australis (Blue wild indigo) 1.00%
Carex lupulina (Hop sedge) 4.00%
Carex lurida (Shallow sedge) 9.00%
Carex vulpinoidea (Fox sedge) 14.00%
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge pea) 1.00%
Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower) 0.50%
Elymus virginicus (Virginia wild-rye) 19.00%
Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple love grass) 5.00%
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master) 3.00%
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common boneset) 2.00%
Eutrochium fistulosum (Hollow Joe-pye weed) 1.00%
Helenium autumnale (Common sneezeweed) 3.00%
Juncus effusus (Soft rush) 6.00%
Lobelia siphilitica (Blue lobelia) 5.00%
Pycnanthemum tenufolium (Slender mountain mint) 2.00%
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan) 2.00%
Solidago juncea (Early goldenrod) 2.00%
Solidago nemoralis (Gray goldenrod) 3.00%
Verbena hastata (Blue vervain) 3.00%
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed) 4.00%

*Mix design and pricing are subject to change without notice depending on the availability of current and future products. Changes to the mix will not affect its function. Mixes are pre-mixed unless otherwise requested. *

Mix composition last update 2/27/24