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City of Clifton Rain Garden
What is a Rain Garden?
It is a shallow depression that captures, filters, and infiltrates stormwater while it is also aesthetically pleasing. The water drains within 24 hours after a rain event. Stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces needs to be offset by pervious surfaces and current ways used are rain gardens, rain barrels, gravel trenches, and pervious pavement/pavers. Rain Gardens keep our streams clean and prevent flooding while also adding beauty to the landscape.
Where is Clifton's Rain Garden located?
The Rain Garden is located next to the Art Center and the City Well on the City Hall grounds.
Photos of the Rain Garden!
Learn More About Rain Gardens!
What Plants Are In Clifton's Rain Garden?
Common Name: Black-Eyed Susan
Species Name: Rudbeckia Iaciniata
Placement: Buffer
Bloom Time: June-Sept
Additional Benefits: Host sp. For butterfly (silvery checkerspot), deer resistant
Common Name: New England Aster
Species Name: Aster novae-angliae
Placement: Slope
Bloom Time: Aug-Sept
Additional Benefits: Host plant for painted lady (butterfly), Deer resistant
Common Name: Coneflower
Species Name: Echinacea purpurea
Placement: Buffer
Bloom Time: June-Sept
Additional Benefits: Host sp. For butterfly (silvery checkerspot)
Common Name: Cinnamon Fern
Species Name: Osmunda cinnamomea
Placement: Slope
Bloom Time: Non-flowering
Additional Benefits: Rabbit Tolerant
Common Name: Cardinal Flower
Species Name: Lobelia cardinalis
Placement: Base
Bloom Time: July-Sept
Additional Benefits: Attracts hummingbirds & butterflies
Common Name: Swamp Milkweed
Species Name: Asclepias incarnata
Placement: Base
Bloom Time: June-Oct
Additional Benefits: Host plant for monarch butterflies
Common Name: Blue Festuca
Species Name: Festuca ovina glauca
Placement: Buffer
Bloom Time: June-August
Additional Benefits: Deer Resistant
Common Name: Columbine
Species Name: Aquilegia spp.
Placement: Slope
Bloom Time: April-June
Additional Benefits: Host plant for columbine
dustywing (Butterfly)
Common Name: Blue Lobelia
Species Name: Lobelia siphilitica
Placement: Base
Bloom Time: July-Sept
Additional Benefits: Deer Resistant
Common Name: Butterfly Weed/Milkweed
Species Name: Asclepias tuberosa
Placement: Buffer
Bloom Time: May-Aug
Additional Benefits: Host sp. for monarchs, deer resistant
What Plants Are In Clifton's Rain Garden?
Common Name | Species Name | Placement | Bloom Time | Additional Benefits |
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Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia laciniata | Buffer | June-Sept | Host sp. For butterfly (silvery checkerspot), deer resistant |
Butterfly Weed/Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Buffer | May-Aug | Host sp. For monarchs, deer resistant |
Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Buffer | June-Sept | Host sp. For butterfly (silvery checkerspot) |
Wild Bergamont | Monarda didyma | Buffer | June-Sept | Larval host for hermit sphinx moth, gray marvel moth, deer resistant |
Cinnamon Fern | Osmunda cinnamomea | Slope | Non-Flowering | Rabbit Tolerant |
Columbine | Aquilegia spp. | Slope | April-June | Host plant for columbine dustywing (Butterfly) |
Tickseed | Coreopsis | Slope | May-July | Attract Goldfinches in winter |
New England Aster | Aster novae-angliae | Slope | Aug-Sept | Host plant for painted lady (butterfly), Deer resistant |
Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | Base | July-Sept | Deer Resistant |
Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Base | July-Sept | Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies |
Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Base | June-Oct | Host plant for monarch |
Blue Festuca | Festuca ovina glauca | Buffer | June-Aug | Deer Resistant |