Alpine garden

Rock gardens are amazing, they look chic every time and are low maintenance features. Here are some great ideas to design one by yourself.

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% Top plants for an alpine rock garden %

Transforming a dull slope into a beautiful rock garden is easy when you chose the right plants. Here, a colorful selection of Dianthus (Pink), Phlox subulata (Creeping Phlox), Aubrieta (Rock Cress), Euphorbia (Spurge), Stachys byzantina (Lamb's Ears), and Helianthemum (Rock Rose) create an eye-catching display.

We show you how to create a stunning alpine rockery in an easy to follow step by step. Build an alpine rockery in 10 easy steps. Step 1. Lay the foundations Having cleared and levelled your chosen site, add a layer of bricks or rubble to provide good drainage and start to shape your creation. […]

Designed by landscape architect Louis Benech, the Edenic project surrounds a traditional wooden chalet

Rock gardens are great features for breathing life into areas of the garden with shallow or poor soil. Alpines in particular flourish in these spots, as in the wild they grow in rocky, mountainous regions and this can be easily re-created in your garden.

Aubrieta is a carpeting plant that produces masses of purple flowers in late spring. It has rough, hairy leaves and can be any tone from pale lilac to deep violet.