Planting the Garden

Eighty potted plants were waiting at the site to be staged and planted. The plants that tolerate wet soil were staged in the center. A large rush was transplanted into the very center (Juncus effusus). It was transplanted from the rose garden nearby, and was then surrounded by slough sedge grown in the greenhouse. The herbaceous flowering plants great camas and Douglas iris were planted in a ring around those, and then larger shrubs like red osier dogwood were planted further out, including a swamp rose and a hardhack. (For full details about species used, see the Rain Garden Plan page.)