Heavy rain floods my flower beds!

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Lono Tulsa, OK Jun 13, 2007

We're not in a flood zone, but we're on the bottom of a slight slope, relative to our neighbors. Today it rained VERY hard, and I looked out to see my flower beds covered in water. Gawd, what a terrible feeling! We're blessed with good drainage at least, so it went down within an hour after it stopped raining.

Will this harm my plants? I posted in the soil forum that I need to put 2 to 3 inches of soil in my beds for this very reason, but I'm worried about whether I'll have to dig my plants up and replant if I do this.

You know folks, gardening can be stressful! No one ever tells you that 'til you're knee-deep in it and couldn't stop if you wanted to.

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June_Ontario Rosemont, ON(Zone 4a) Jun 13, 2007

If the water drained away after only an hour, I'd say there's no harm done. You might want to try digging a channel to divert the surface water away from the flowerbed and into a drain or pond or bog garden. If you are raising the level of the flowerbed by as much as 3 inches, then I think you'd better raise the plants too! Dormant bulbs would probably be OK left where they are, though.

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Lono Tulsa, OK Jun 13, 2007

Thank you, June, although that wasn't what I wanted to hear, LOL! I think we are going to install a French drain at some point, but I still need to raise that soil level. Over the years it's become compacted.

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