Plants for rock walls

% Top plants for an alpine rock garden %

Stone wall plants create the perfect niche for the small gaps left from the not-quite-the-right-size rocks in your stone wall.

A rock wall is tricky, but if you know the perfect rock wall landscaping plants, you can dress it up right! Let me show you what plants work well for landscaping a rock wall.

A rock wall is tricky, but if you know the perfect rock wall landscaping plants, you can dress it up right! Let me show you what plants work well for landscaping a rock wall.

Plants that can grow on walls include stonecrop, valerian, canary creeper and black-eyed Susan. Find out how to get plants to grow against or in the cracks of walls and what makes a suitable plant for each method.

Interested in planting groundcover you can walk on? We have 15 of the best groundcover options that won't get crushed underfoot.

Discover ten very different perennial ground covers, some for shade and others for sunny locations. Through this guide, learn all you need to know about these perennial groundcovers.

Blog topics (and the enclosed photos) like this keep me from remembering that it was -6 degrees F this morning with more blowing snow. I don't mind the winter but am not a fan of winter driving or shoveling. It looks like we'll continue to have some "dustings" through Wednesday and we'll tidy up the Holiday Lights Show (HLS) paths on Thursday. I was warm and cozy inside though and continue to prepare for 2014. I've sifted through five catalogs in between other tasks and am starting to…

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Irene' (Trailing Blue Rosemary) - A semi-prostrate spreading evergreen shrub to 2 to 3 feet tall by 6-8 feet wide with bright green foliage and blue-violet flowers in late winter through early spring with sporadic bloom year-round. This prostrate rosemary has been touted as a breakthrough in rosemary's because of its brilliant blue-violet floral color and greener foliage. Cascades beautifully over walls with a hummocky growth habit. Plant in full sun. As with other…

Commonly called Basket of Gold, perennial alyssum makes a wonderful wall or rock garden plant. Every spring it develops masses of cheerful yellow flowers that look terrific tucked between rocks and boulders.