Re: Re: Crazy weather/ flooding

Bonnie,

Rain Gardens are areas where water is collected in amended soil, and the
area is planted with things that tolerate both wet and dry, like Iris
pseudacorus, Monarda, Daylilies, Clethra, Colocasia (at least in our area-
your plant list would probably be very different). Depending on the size of
the rain garden, plantings can get very elaborate, with consideration given
to plants that will go on the berm, on the sides, and in the "pit"

There's more on the web at www.raingardens.org and a lot of extension
websites.

d


----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: Crazy weather/ flooding


Daryl, what is a rain garden?  (Here I go showing my ignorance again.)

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
Of Daryl
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 8:03 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Crazy weather/ flooding

Is the Extension Service  pushing " Rain Gardens" in your area?  They are
here, to help limit the problem you mentioned. It's amazing how much water
even a small one will hold and then release slowly into the landscape.

Daryl
Zone 7a
Gardening on Heavy Clay

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