Rain Garden

Purple-eyed Grass

The plants in the new VegHeadz rain garden have begun to awaken from their winter sleep. The spring rains and warmth will encourage them to anchor the soil and fill up the space. All are natives and all suitable for your rain garden or landscape.  A few of these have been rescued while clearing the woodsy space behind the grape arbor and rain garden.  

Below is a list of those we have planted so far,

Blazing Star or Gayfeather (Liatris spp.) https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/ornamentals/liatris.html

Blue-eyed grass and Purple-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/ag401

Virginia Sweetspire or Virginia Willow (Itea virginica) https://ffl.ifas.ufl.edu/butterflies/browse/Details/202

Blue flag Iris (Iris virginica) https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FP288

White and Paprika Yarrow (Achillea milifolium) https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/media/sfylifasufledu/santa-rosa/docs/pdfs/demo-garden-3/Yarrow.pdf

Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=aspl

Elliott’s Lovegrass (Eragrostis elliottii) https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/ornamentals/lovegrass.html

Woodland Poppymallow (Callirhoe papaver) This is an endangered species. https://www.flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-callirhoe-papaver/#:~:text=Woodland%20poppymallow%20is%20endangered%20in,lobed%20calyx%20and%20three%20bracts.

Lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/EP058

St. John’s Wort (Hypericum cistifolium ) https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FP261

Oxeye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEHE5

Rabbiteye Blueberries (Vaccinium virgatun) https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/MG359