Checking in on the Manne rain garden

Betty Manne, Clemson Master Gardener, and Bob Manne, Chairman of the Hilton Head PSD Commission, have been sharing the story of the rain garden they've planted at their home in Hilton Head Plantation. The above photo shows the rain garden this week. Rain gardens are a great way to capture stormwater runoff before it enters our waterways, making them a beneficial and water efficient landscape feature.

Betty sent along the following list of plants she has used in the rain garden:

Plants in Manne Rain Garden
Plants in base of garden	Botanical Name	Used for
Paryus	Cyperus papyrus	Water Plant
Canna	Canna hybrids	Water Plant
Canna	Canna varigata 'Phasion'	Water Plant
Creeping Jenny	Lysimachia nummularia	Water Plant/Groundcover
Texas Star	Hibiscus coccineus	Water plant
Elephant's Ear	Colocasia esculenta	Water Plant
Plants around the perimeter	Botanical Name	Used for
Walking Iris	Neomarica gracilis
Confederate Rose	Hibiscus mutabilis	Nectar Plant
Cassia	Cassia bicapularis	Host plant for Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly
Lantana	Lantana camara	Nectar Plant
Africian Iris	Dietes
Firecracker Plant	Russelia equisetiformis	Nectar Plant
Bronze Fennel	Foeniculum vulgare	Host plant for Monarch Butterfly
Bay Leaf Tree	Laurus nobilis
Citrus	Papilio demodocus	Host plant for Giant Swallowtail
Butterfly Weed	Asclepias spp.	Host plant for Monarch Butterfly
Blackeyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Nectar Plant
Ironweed	Veronica baldwinii	Nectar Plant
Sleepy Hibiscus	Malvaviscus penduliflorus	Nectar Plant
Musk Mallow	Malva moschata	Host plant for Painted Lady Butterfly
Joe Pyrweed	Eupatorium purpureum	Nectar for Giant Swallowtail
Hollyhock	Alcea rosea	Nectar for Painted Lady Butterfly
Beautyberry	Callicarpa americana
Mexican Bush Sage	Salvia leucantha	Nectar Plant
Bottlebrush	Callistemon
Milkweed	Asclepias curassavica	Host for Monarch Butterfly
Mexican Heather	Cuphea hyssopifolia	Nectar Plant
Gaura	Gaura lindheimeri	Nectar Plant
Crosmia	Crosmia masoniorum
Zinnia	Zinnia	Nectar Plant
Ajuga	Ajuga reptans	Groundcover
Mexican Petunia	Ruellia brittoniana	Nectar Plant
Forsythia Sage	Salvia madrensis	Nectar Plant
Swamp Sunflower	Helianthus angustifolius	Nectar Plant