Plant Selection for a Successful, Low-Maintenance Louisiana rain Garden

Plant Selection

Terry Pizzalato's plant list, posted 9/9/2014

Suggested plants for a Rain Garden in our area (Louisiana)

The following would be recommended for a Full Sun Rain Garden

Aphrodite Althea – Hibicus syriacus

Arrowwood viburnum shrubs – Viburnum acelrifolium

Beautyberry – Callicarpa americana

Blue flag iris – Iris virginica var, shrevei

Butterfly bushes - Buddleja  marrubiifolia – LA Super Plant

Copper Iris – Iris fulva

Elephant ear plants - Colocasia

Lilyturf – Liriope muscari

Louisiana Swamp Iris varieties: “Wild Cajun”, “Cajun Sunrise”, “Bayou Sunset”,

“Full Eclipse”, and “Sun Fury”. There are hundreds of varieties – in 1941 Society for Lousiana Irises was formed.

Marshmallow – Hibicus moscheutos

Marsh marigolds – Caltha palustris var, palistris

Pickerel weed – Pontederia cordata

Pitcher plant - Sarracena

Rush – Rhynchospora colorata

Swamp Hibicus – Hibicus grandiflorus

Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata

Swamp Sunflower – Helianthus angustifolisis

Sweet shrub - Calycanthaceae

Two-winged silver bell – Halesia diptera Ellis

Wild bergamot – Monarda fistulosa

Winter berry holly – Ilex verticillata

Sources:

Jan Goldfield, The Pondlady – jan@pondlady.com

LSU Research Center in Hammond

Theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com

Clemson.edu

Magnoliagardensnursery.com

Rockydale.wordpress.com

I would like to show a picture of these plants either before or after the name. They can be found on the internet, I just don’t know how to retrieve them to place with the names! 

(From Lili LeGardeur): suggested source for images: davesgarden.com/plantfiles

Also - Dana Nunez Brown has just published a guide, Using Plants for Stormwater Management (LSU Press). Here’s the link to LSU’s site promoting the book.  http://lsupress.org/books/detail/using-plants-for-stormwater-management/