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kerryg's Rain garden
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Wish List (1)We live at the bottom of a hill and the entire neighborhood drains into our back forty when it rains, so we have a bit of a drainage problem, which leads to a bit of a mosquito problem. Making matters even worse, our soil is some of the heaviest, poorest quality clay I have ever seen in this state.
This spring we buried a mountain of pruned branches in several hugelkultur beds in the area in an attempt to soak up some water that way. I also decided to start building up a bit of a rain garden with (mostly) deep-rooted native perennials, hoping to improve the soil’s drainage a bit.
It’s still quite small, only about 6×6 feet, but I planted a collection of some of my favorite native wildflowers, mulched it with straw leftover from mulching the vegetable garden, and dumped some Ox-Eye Daisy seeds in as well. We’ll see how it goes.
I also hope to make the garden a haven for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators, as well as birds.
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Dwarf Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii
Transplanted on 01 Aug 09 Got this from a nearby Pamida. I'm a little con...
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Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Transplanted on 16 Jul 09 Another attractive native perennial that I chos...
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Transplanted on 16 Jul 09 Little Bluestem likes well drained and even dry...
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Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Transplanted on 11 Jul 09 Choose this one because it's so popular with bu...
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Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Transplanted on 11 Jul 09 Transplanted only a few days ago, but appears t...
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Transplanted on 11 Jul 09 Transplanted a few days ago after a few days si...
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Sunrise Coneflower
Echinacea
Transplanted on 11 Jul 09 Transplanted only a few days ago, but appears t...
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Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Transplanted on 11 Jul 09 Discovered when I was planting it that it was V...
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Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Transplanted on 10 Jul 09 One of my favorite native wildflowers. Such pre...
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Ox Eye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Sown on 10 Jul 09 Just scattered some seeds from a patch that cam...
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