Rain Garden Kit

Below is a partial list of rain garden plants for Franklin, MA. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger photo. Download the full list of recommended rain garden plants here. Additional information about these and other rain garden plants can be found in the plant database.

Blue Flag Iris 
Iris versicolor 
Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
Winterberry Holly
Ilex verticillata
Joe Pye Weed  
Eupatorium maculatum
Switchgrass 
Panicum virgatum
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum 
Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomeum
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Inkberry
Ilex glabra 
Photo credits  : Blue Flag Iris: Cliff; Joe Pye Weed: D. Gordon E. Robertson; Tussock Sedge: Frank Mayfield; Switchgrass: Natural Resources Conservation Service; Soft Rush Meggar; Arrowwood: Vojtěch Zavadil; Winterberry Holly: Fritz Flohr Reynolds; Spicebush: Cliff; Little Blue Stem: Montrealais; Cardinal Flower: H. Zell; Inkberry: Homer Edward Price

Purchase Plants

Rain garden plants are available for purchase at Briggs Nursery. Please contact the nursery for pricing and purchasing information.  

Briggs Nursery
295 Kelley Boulevard, North Attleboro (map)
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Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
Copyright © Christian Amet

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CRWA
Pallavi Mande
Director of Blue Cities 

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Kate Sjoberg
GIS Manager