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 the websites listed elsewhere on this site.

SS = Self-Seeding
N = Native Minnesota Species

 

Rain Gardens
Sun
  • Butterfly Flower - SS/N
  • Coneflower - SS/N
  • Bee Balm - N
  • Goldenrod - N
  • Turtlehead - N
  • Swamp Milkweed - N
  • Blue Flag Iris
  • Prairie Blazing Star - N
  • Little Bluestem - N
Shade or Part Shade
  • Columbine - SS/N
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Cardinal Flower - N
  • Virginia Bluebells - N
  • Ferns
  • Solomon's Seal
Boulevard Gardens
Sun
  • Asters - SS/N
  • Rudbeckia - SS/N
  • Sedum
  • Coreopsis - SS/N
  • Daylily (salt tolerant)
  • Most Grasses Hosta (salt tolerant)
Shade
  • Campanula
  • Coral-bells (salt tolerant) - N
  • Phlox - N
  • Lady's Mantle
  • Hosta (salt tolerant)
  • Wild Ginger - N
Attracts Butterflies & Hummingbirds
Butterflies (sun)
  • Swamp milkweed - N
  • Purple coneflower - SS/N
  • Rough blazing star - N
  • Rudbeckia - N
  • Mexican sunflower
Hummingbirds
  • Scarlet Bergamot
  • Cardinal Flower - N
  • Scarlet runner bean
Small Trees and Shrubs
Sun
  • Serviceberry - N
  • Ninebark - N
  • Arrowwood - N
  • Nanking Cherry
Shade
  • Annabelle Hydrangea
  • Black Chokeberry - N
  • Nannyberry Viburnum - N
  • Pagoda Dogwood - N