32 Plant Rain Garden

Any of our Pre-planned Gardens can be succesfully planted in either, spring or fall. If you are planting in fall we recommend having the plants in the ground at least 6 weeks before the ground freezes (soil temps below 40 degrees). This is bit of a guess, as it is difficult to know when that will occur in a given year, but base your estimate on the average fall/winter in your area. There's no harm in planting earlier. 

Read our article Tips for Planting in Fall  for more information on fall planting.

The 32-Plant Rain Garden is not highly deer resistant. Only half of the species in this garden are deer resistant. Those are: Bergamot, Smooth Pentsemon, Ohio Goldenrod, Palm Sedge, and Fox Sedge. (We don't make plant substitutions on the Pre-Planned Gardens.)

To create your own deer resistant rain garden, go to the category "Plants for Rain Gardens" and from there you will need to apply the "Benefits" filter with "Deer Resistant" selected as your filter. This is will give you a list of the best plants for that purpose. For the best cost savings, after you've decided on the plants, use our Custom Kits to create the garden you desire.

As a rule, we don't allow plant substitutions to be made in any of the Pre-Planned Gardens. If you are looking for more customization, our 32 and 16-Plant Custom Kits let you mix-and-match plants, with a wide variety of choices, for a great price.

We recommend this garden for Full Sun Settings (at least 6 hours of sunlight in a day). There are a couple of plants in this garden that will strongly prefer the sun, and those are Red Milkweed (3), and Fox Sedge (6). These species will have unsatisfactory performance in shadier sites. 6 hours of sunlight a day is recommended, during a majority of the growing season. We don't make plant substitutions for Preplanned gardens. Alternatively you may want to look at the "Plants for Rain Gardens" category (Native Plants & Seeds/Site Solutions/Plants for Rain Gardens), and filter that category using the Partial (sun/shade) filter. Purple Coneflower, Sweet black eyed Susan will be better than Red Milkweed in partial shade, and Palm Sedge better than Fox Sedge.

Yes. The plants in this garden will withstand frost in the spring. Newly transplanted plants may experience frost damage to the leaves, but the plant & roots remain alive (viable). If the frost or cold temperatures persist the plants can take some time to recover, but should continue to grow with warmer weather.
If the plant foliage is damaged by frost (often it turns black or brown), remove the blackened or damaged foliage.  New growth will slowly appear-most plants taking a few weeks to do so.

Most of the plants in our pre-planned gardens are hardy to zone 4, and only a few species are hardy to zone 5. Once the plants are established they are unlikely to be phased by seasonal weather.

Yes, we provide a planting plant (layout) with each of our preplanned gardens. The layout plan that is visible in the product image gallery is included in the shipment, along with the plants. You can follow our planting plan, or feel free to get creative with your own arrangement!