Rock Garden Plants

Rock garden plants with lamium.

Rock garden plants. Creeping phlox produces carpets of blue purple rose pink or bicolor blooms. Creeping phlox grows 4 6 inches tall and produces carpets of blue purple rose pink or bicolor blooms. An ideal rock garden plant creeping phlox thrives in poor dry soil that drains quickly after rain.

Hens and chicks are great plants for any rock garden because these small plants multiply as they grow and because of their size they are able to creep into the smallest spaces in the garden to make it fuller. Additionally make sure you add compost or dried manure to the soil so that the organic quality and fertility of the soil is increased. You can plant a traditional rock garden or simply fill a tiny space with these small but colorful plants.

You may transform a soft slope into a scree garden and plant an array of colorful rock plants that will scramble in and over small rocks or boulders. They require a well drainage moist sandy to a loamy type of soil. Make sure the soil level for your rock garden plants is deep enough to give them nice pockets in between and even behind the rocks.

Raised beds are another pretty alternative as they provide excellent drainage and the perfect conditions to grow a rich selection of alpine plants and dwarf hardy bulbs such as crocus narcissus tulip chionodoxa allium eranthis or galanthus. These petunias look right at home among the rocks and add cheerful color to surrounding foliage. The plants also have dark needlelike evergreen foliage that remains attractive all year long.

Perennials are common in rock gardens but just as in other areas of the yard annuals can bring an extra punch of color to a rocky site. The beauty of a well planned rock garden is the rocks and plants work together to elevate each other s impact. The plants also have dark needlelike evergreen foliage that remains attractive all year long.

An ideal rock garden plant creeping phlox thrives in poor dry soil that drains quickly after a rain. Mid to late spring to early summer. It needs a slightly acidic and well drained soil that should be watered only when dry after the establishment of the plant.