RAIN GARDENS AND WET PLACES
The Miracle Rain Garden in Glen Ellyn
Can you see the downspout? I bet you can't. It is hidden in the hollowed out log. The two inch PVC sump pump pipe is barely visible next to the log.
Ditch Stonecrop, Penthoraum sedoides, is a great plant for a rain garden basin. It is relatively short, likes it feet wet and flowers early in the year with a brilliant red seed head.
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera, is a lovely shrub. It goes in many landscapes from full sun to light shade and likes it relatively dry. It has beautiful yellow tubular flowers in the Summer and its leaves turn brilliant red-orange-yellow in the Fall.
