Whether settled on a hillside around a curve in the yard or tucked away beside.
Rock garden flowers shade.
This handsome evergreen trailer produces quantities of lavender blue flowers in late spring and early summer.
A rock garden sometimes known as a rockery or alpine garden is a planting area designed with a hardscape featuring a selection of gravels rocks and or boulders it typically includes softscape plants suitable to those conditions.
Shade loving rock garden plants should still provide color and interesting foliage along with a lower profile so rocks can show off.
The plant needs sandy or loamy well drained soil.
Purple rockcress aubrieta deltoidea this alpine plant carpets the entire rocky terrain with cute bright pink to purple flowers.
A mixture of plants that bloom at different times of the year and those with foliage that have interest such as striping stippling or uniquely patterned leaves should be used.
Lesser periwinkle prefers partial shade and slightly moist soil so it s one of the best options for rock or wall gardens located under tall trees.
The plants can spread quickly and are considered invasive parts of the southeast.
There are many types of rock plants to choose from but here are some points to consider.
20 rock garden plants you can grow in full sun to partial shade.
The deer resistant shrub has coarse bushy leaves with shades from dull lavender to intense violet.
It provides a quiet calm juxtaposition to lush full flower beds and masses of green.
A rock garden enables you to make an attractive display of small or alpine plants it s easy to create all you need is a few large rocks or stones free draining soil and a mix of rockery plants.
The beauty of a well planned rock garden is the rocks and plants work together to elevate each other s impact.
Because of this great quality they can survive in shady areas as well.