Design Direction: Swales and Detention Basins

Planting Palette: Swales, Rain Gardens, and Detention Basins Plants suited for each type of condition present in a swale, rain garden, or detention basin

Spotted Crane’s Bill, Geranium maculatam Bee Balm, Monarda fistulosa Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata

Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa Green Headed Coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata Golden Alexander, Zizia aurea

Foxglove beartonge, Penstemon digitalis New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Common Winterberry, Ilex verticillata

Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium Green Headed Coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata Tussok Sedge, Carex stricta

BERM >

Plants that have a high drought tolerance and will experience little to no inundation

SLOPE >

Plants that can grow on a slope, with a strong root system, and are suitable for drought and occasional inundation

PLANTING PALETTE

Lavender Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum

Coreopsis, Coreopsis lanceolata

Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium maculatum

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

BASE >

Plants that have the highest tolerance for inundation and prefer a wetter environment, but PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION can survive drought

BASIN >

INLET PIPE Plants that are specifiBIORETENTION SOIL (AT LEAST 6" DEEP) cally suited for the base

OPTIONAL GEOTEXTILE of detention basins, (SIDES ONLY) which can tolerate com

PEASTONE SEPARATOR plete inundation

GRAVEL BED TEMPORARY PONDING AREA

NATIVE PLANTINGS

OVERFLOW PIPE