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Rain-garden planting

Lush and upright, designed for a shallow basin that floods then drains.

Snow-capped bird feeders hanging from a lamp post beside a frosted spruce under a clear blue winter sky
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Conditions required

Basin that holds water for up to 48 hours; sun to part shade.

Seasonal coverage

Early summer iris through to late-summer butterfly flowers.

Wildlife coverage

Very high for pollinators and amphibian cover.

Resilience strengths

Tolerates both temporary flooding and short dry periods.

Planting density

4–6 plants per square metre

Estimated size

4–10 m²

Estimated product basket

Approx. 25 plants, drainage gravel, geotextile, inlet stone

Plant combination

  • Switchgrass

    Panicum virgatum

    Autumn · drought 4/5 · wildlife 4/5

  • Joe Pye weed

    Eutrochium purpureum

    Late summer · drought 2/5 · wildlife 5/5

  • Swamp milkweed

    Asclepias incarnata

    Summer · drought 2/5 · wildlife 5/5

  • Blue flag iris

    Iris versicolor

    Early summer · drought 1/5 · wildlife 4/5

  • Dogwood

    Cornus sericea

    Winter stems · drought 2/5 · wildlife 4/5

  • Sweet flag

    Acorus calamus

    Foliage interest · drought 1/5 · wildlife 3/5

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Demonstration data

These figures come from the demonstration dataset kept for testing and as a fallback when the measured climate service is unavailable. They are representative, not observed, and are never presented as validated live data.