Native Rain Garden
The rain garden features native Missouri plants and is located at a low spot in the terrain. It contain plants that do well in soil that is often wet from runoff, but can also tolerate dry conditions.
The rain garden was replanted in the fall of 2024. Be sure to check the progress in 2025.
See below for information on the species planted in this bed.
Allium cernuum
Nodding Wild Onion
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Amsonia ciliata
Fringed Blue Star
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Antennaria parlinii
Pussytoes
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: April to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Milkweed
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: June to August
Photo © Lakeside Nature Center
Carex blanda
Wood Sedge
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to moist
Attracts: Butterflies, pollinators, songbirds
Blooms: March to July
Photo © Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Carex brevior
Shortbeak Sedge
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Songbirds
Blooms: May to July
Photo © Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Carex bushii
Bush’s Sedge
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to moist
Blooms: May to June
Photo © Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses
Dalea purpurea
Purple Prairie Clover
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Echinacea paradox
Yellow Coneflower
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Blooms: June to August
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Echinacea simulata
Glade Coneflower
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Birds, butterflies
Blooms: June to July
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Gentiana andrewsii
Rose Verbena
Native to Missouri
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Blooms: October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Iris fulva
Copper Iris
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium to wet
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Blooms: May to June
Photo © John Whiteman
Lobelia spicata
Pale Spiked Lobelia
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun, part shade, shade
Water: Dry to moist
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Blooms: May to August
Photo © Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Monarda bradburiana
Bee Balm
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Hummingbirds, butterflies
Blooms: May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Packera obovata
Roundleaf Groundsel
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium to wet
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: April to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Penstemon cobaea
Purple Beardtongue
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to moist
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Phlox befida
Sand Phlox
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Phlox divaricate
Wild Sweet William
Native to Missouri
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Attracts: Butterflies, hummingbirds
Blooms: April to May
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Physostegia virginiana
Obedient Plant
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Blooms: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii
Black-eyed Susan
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Butterflies, Birds
Blooms: June to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Scutellaria incana
Downy Skullcap
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Blooms: July to September
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Scutellaria parvula
Small Skullcap
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Blooms: March to June
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden
Symphyotrichum sericeum
Silky Aster
Native to Missouri
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Attracts: Butterflies
Blooms: August to October
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden