Bloomsday 2007
Suggested Plants, Trees & Shrubs

This illustration shows a rain garden
dipped 4 inches down to center

Select the right plant, tree, or shrub for your soil and light conditions to maximize health and hardiness. Consult your local nursery for other options, or visit the websites listed elsewhere on this site.

SS = Self-Seeding
N = Native Minnesota Species
Raingardens
Sun
  • Butterfly Milkweed - N
  • Purple Coneflower - SS/N
  • Bee Balm - SS/N
  • Swamp Milkweed - N
  • Blue Flag Iris - N
  • Prairie Blazing Star - N
  • Little Bluestem - N
  • Big Bluestem - N
  • Indian Grass - N
  • Fox Sedge - N
  • Palm Sedge - N
  • Dark Green Bulrush - N
  • Rudbeckia - SS/N
  • Karl Foerster Grass
  • Rattlesnake Master - N
  • Joe Pye Weed - N
  • Ironweed - N
  • Early Sunflower - SS/N
  • Sneezeweed - SS/N
  • Aromatic Aster - N
  • New England Aster - N
  • Spiderwort - SS/N
  • Virginia Mountain Mint - N
  • Golden Alexanders - N
Shade or Part Shade
  • Columbine - SS/N
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Cardinal Flower - N
  • Virginia Bluebells - N
  • Harebells - N
  • Maidenhair Fern - N
  • Lady Fern - N
  • Turtlehead - N
  • Solomon's Seal - N
  • Great Blue Lobelia - N
  • Big Leaf Aster - N
  • Penn Sedge - N
  • Dwarf bush honeysuckle - N
  • Wild Geranium - N
  • Kalm's Brome - N
  • Canada Anemone - N
Boulevard Gardens
Sun
  • Asters - SS/N
  • Rudbeckia - SS/N
  • Sedums
  • Catmint
  • Coreopsis - SS/N
  • Virginia Mountain Mint - N
  • Purple Prairie Clover - N
  • Purple Coneflower - N
  • Rough Blazingstar - N
  • Stiff Goldenrod - N
  • Bee Balm - N
  • Little Bluestem - N
  • Prairie Dropseed - N
  • Buffalo Grass - N
  • June grass - N
  • Blue grama grass - N
  • Bebb's Sedge - N
  • Russian Sage
  • Daylilies (salt tolerant) 
  • Hostas (salt tolerant)
  • Dwarf bush honeysuckle - N
  • Path Rush - N
  • Pussytoes - N
  • Prairie smoke - N
Shade
  • Campanula
  • Phlox - N
  • Lady's Mantle
  • Hosta (salt tolerant)
  • Wild Ginger - N
  • Dwarf bush honeysuckle - N
  • Jacobs ladder
Attracts Butterflies & Hummingbirds
Butterflies (sun)
  • Swamp milkweed - N
  • Purple coneflower - SS/N
  • Rough/Prairie/Meadow blazing star - N
  • Rudbeckia - N
  • Butterfly Milkweed - N
  • Cardinal Flower - N
  • Blue Lobelia - N
Hummingbirds
  • Scarlet Bergamot
  • Cardinal Flower - N
  • Scarlet runner bean
Small Trees and Shrubs
Sun
  • Serviceberry - N
  • Ninebark - N
  • Arrowwood Viburnum - N
  • Red twigged Dogwood - N
  • Dwarf bush honeysuckle - N
Shade
  • Annabelle Hydrangea
  • Black Chokeberry - N
  • Nannyberry Viburnum - N
  • Pagoda Dogwood - N
  • Dwarf bush honeysuckle - N