Deer-resistant Rain Garden Selections
From Rain Gardens: Sustainable Landscaping for a Beautiful Yard and Healthy World
by Lynn Steiner and Robert W. Domm
Prairie Nursery (Westfield, WI.)
Native Prairie Plants for Midwestern Rain Gardens on Loamy and Clay Soils
New England aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Moisture: Avg-wet
Sun/Shade: Full
Height: 2-4′
Flower Color: Purple
Bloom Time: Sept – Oct.
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Cultivars available
Moisture: Dry-wet
Sun/Shade: Full sun
Height: 3-6′
Flower Color: Foilage ranges from reddish to blue
Bloom Time: Sept-Oct
Blue flag iris
Iris virginica
Moisture: Wet
Sun/Shade: Shade
Height: 12″-42″
Flower Color: Purple-blue
Bloom Time: May – July
Butterfly weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Moisture: Dry
Sun/Shade: Part Sun
Height: 1-3′
Flower Color: Orange
Bloom Time: June – Sept.
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Moisture: Wet
Sun/Shade: Shade
Height: 2-5′
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Time: July – Oct.
