Lavender is one of the best plants to add to your rock garden ideas as it is hardy, low maintenance and thrives in poor soils. As a Mediterranean plant, it is naturally acclimatized to rougher ...

Rock garden plants are also known as alpine plants or rockery plants, and many of them originate from inhospitable mountainous regions where they are buffeted by extremes of weather.

If you're not familiar with rock garden plants, here are Tychonievich's top five choices for sun and shade rock gardens and his descriptions of each plant with some landscaping ideas for your ...

Mt. Cuba Center says that all heat-seeking plants truly require is well-drained soil; they'd flop or rot in what is conventionally called "good" soil.

The talk will include what types of plants grow well in Pacific Northwest rock gardens. Several of these plants can be found relatively nearby, in the Wenatchee Mountains.

Simply put, a rock garden features rocks, unlike most gardens that feature plants and greenery. That’s not to say that there aren’t plants involved, but they’re far outweighed by other ...

Q. Do you recommend rock garden plants? We were in West Seattle and the rock retaining walls seem to be filled with bright, low-growing flowers.

A rock garden of small-scale plants is naturally exciting, not only to the irrepresssible collector, but to rooftop or terrace gardeners, or to those who want their plantings to grow slowly.

Q. Do you recommend rock garden plants? We were in West Seattle and the rock retaining walls seem to be filled with bright, low-growing flowers.