{"title":"For Wet Soils\/Rain Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe offer a marvelous array of plants that thrive in the kind of wet spaces that can be troublesome eyesores where nothing seems to grow, or, with the right plant choices, easily tended places of beauty. Many of these problem-solving plants are also sustainable and wildlife-friendly. Does your yard have spots where water lingers in low spots or rushes downhill during rainstorms? Are you living in a wetland zone where regulations require native wetland plants? Do lawn areas get too squishy to walk on or mow? Are there swampy areas, ditches, or swales? Or perhaps you aim to plant a buffer strip to protect a lake from runoff, stabilize a stream bank, or create a rain garden. The plants on this page, many of them native wetland or wet prairie plants, will transform your soggy spots.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"asclepias-incarnata-cinderella","title":"Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsclepias incarnata\u003c\/em\u003e 'Cinderella' is a genuine star whose unusually dense clusters of pale pink flowers open from dark pink buds. The vanilla-scented flowers last well in water and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Plants bloom best in full sun but can tolerate a bit of shade. They grow naturally in wet places along streams and ponds. Swamp Milkweed will grow in heavy, wet soil or in good garden soil and are perfect for rain gardens. Plants are deer-resistant and heat-tolerant, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the 200 species in the genus Asclepias, the best known are North American wildflowers. They have small, curiously shaped blooms that appear in dense clusters. 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Plants reach 3-4', and because they tolerate a remarkably broad range of conditions – from drought to wet soil, and air pollution to Black Walnut trees – they can be used in wide variety of gardens and landscapes. Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp\u003eThe genus \u003cem\u003ePanicum\u003c\/em\u003e consists of 400-500 species of annual and perennial Grasses native to a wide variety of habitats in temperate and tropical areas globally. Commonly called Switchgrass, this upright warm-season clumping Grass actively grows from June into early September, remains green (or glaucous, steely-blue, or streaked with maroon) through hot weather then goes dormant in fall. In winter, plants remain upright and leaf blades curl and fade to buff, topped by stiff stems bearing a halo of airy seed panicles that add drama and texture throughout the cold season. Switchgrass’ ease of care, deer-resistance, tolerance of salt spray, and adaptability to a wide range of soil types, nutrient, and moisture levels make it invaluable in ornamental gardens of any style. Use Panicums for screening, erosion control, mass plantings, rain gardens, xeriscapes, and in naturalistic plantings, meadows, and prairie restoration. Wherever planted, they provide beauty and important habitat, nesting opportunities and materials, along with high-value food for numerous birds, animals, and insects. 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