Rock Wall Plants Shade

Give it full or part shade humus rich moist well drained soil and not too much competition.

Rock wall plants shade.

Iberis sempervirens is a perennial candytuft that is outstanding in a sunny place. Grows 15 to 30 centimetres in height. The beauty of a well planned rock garden is the rocks and plants work together to elevate each other s impact. The plant needs sandy or loamy well drained soil.

With all the choices for trailing plants to edge paths or tumble over rock walls or the edges of containers your garden will be a delight at toe level throughout the season. Shade loving rock garden plants should still provide color and interesting foliage along with a lower profile so rocks can show off. To drought tolerant plants with minimal root systems like hens and chicks echeveria imbricata or other succulents. This plant spreads quickly and needs to be contained.

Disclaimer at the start. 20 rock garden plants you can grow in full sun to partial shade. The plants can spread quickly and are considered invasive parts of the southeast. 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.

Plant in sun or partial shade. Use for draping over rock walls in borders or as ground cover. Plant in well drained slightly moist soil. Ferns most ferns onoclea and polypodium though known to be shade loving plants are most often also moisture loving plants and the drier ground of a rock garden doesn t always suit them.

Plants that do well in a rock wall are varied in nature from small delicately leaved creeping plants like woolly creeping thyme thymus pseudolanuginosus or prostrate rosemary rosmarinus officinalis. On a boundary wall or one held together by mortar with just a few little gaps for planting smaller plants such as. The deer resistant shrub has coarse bushy leaves with shades from dull lavender to intense violet. Up to 6 inches tall.

Partial sun or shade. Rockery plants are in their most part sunshine fans and shade loving plants on the other hand are heavy leaf growers and might soon enough cover your beloved rocks the ones you want to show off with. Easy to grow and tolerant of most soil conditions. It is entirely dependant on what type of shade are we talking about.

Purple rockcress aubrieta deltoidea this alpine plant carpets the entire rocky terrain with cute bright pink to purple flowers. 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.