Rock Garden Style Eclectic
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Rock garden style eclectic. While rock gardens can be expensive to build and are labor intensive a pleasing rock garden can be created and enjoyed even when space and resources are limited by filling crevices between paving stones or using carpeting varieties at the front of a mixed border. Alpine rock gardens resemble a windswept mountain peak complete with rugged lichen coated rocks and boulders flowering alpine plants and twisted evergreens stunted by harsh growing conditions. Use of boulders nathan smith93. Whether you want inspiration for planning an eclectic garden renovation or are building a.
A shady woodland garden could border a patio filled with combination containers. I like to use small mints sedums mosses ice plants and. Woodland rock gardens made of mossy rocks and boulders demand ground hugging wildflowers such as trilliums violets and ferns. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the possibilties are limited only by one s imagination in an eclectic garden.
Think tiny when it comes to your rock garden plants. A backdraft happens when fire explodes with the presence of new oxygen and this kniphofia definitely explodes onto the scene of your garden. An expansive prairie garden could contain a rock pile interplanted with alpine plants. Design ideas for a large eclectic backyard full sun xeriscape in denver with natural stone pavers and with rock feature.
Border plant container cut flower cut foliage dried flower drought tolerant easy to grow mass planting salt tolerant. Rock gardens are designed to recreate the free draining dry conditions of alpine meadows. Not native to north america. Either way it s a rock solid idea.
In this front yard a stone wall offers an ideal foundation and border for a variety of low growing alpine classics including aubrieta royal blue phlox subulata and potentilla gypsophila franzii and dianthus tiny rubies fill crevices between stones and help to integrate the stone wall with the rest of the terrace. Finally a third type of rock garden is one inspired by mountain peaks where craggy terrain and dry conditions give way to rugged alpine displays. Whatever type of rock garden suits your space lifestyle and gardening expertise start with the stone and build outwards with varying textures and colors of plants. Very wide flower spikes bear intense reddish orange flowers that open to peachy yellow for a two tone effect.
Smaller bulbs are nice choice especially small daffodils wild tulip species blue eyed grass or brodiaea. Even if you don t have a naturally rocky site you can easily create one. Desert rock gardens feature cacti and other succulents as well as.