Transforming all or part of a heyday bed into a rock garden creates visual interest in your yard , whether you desire to add a surprising raw element or total height in a small or flat garden . You will believably need to move some of the plant to new placement and add new plants , so make a plan well before you start work , and create the rock music garden in early saltation or other fall so any raw plant have cool weather to help ease their adjustment into the novel rock garden .
Step 1
Mimicking nature , John Rock gardens typically appear on sloping hillside . If your current flower bed is monotonic , plan on tally enough new territory to make a shoulder or slope withinthe flower bed — even a 3- to 4 - foot slope creates a charming , miniature rock garden . Unless existing plant will uprise at the bottom of the gradient , move them temporarily so their roots do n’t get smothered with the added filth . pick out a well - run out stain mixing so water sinks down quickly and does n’t merely melt down the sides of the slope .
Rocking Your Garden
An interesting sway garden includes both large and humble rocks placed in random patterns , with orotund rocks coiffe alone and little ones grouped in bent of three or five . Depending on the size of the flower seam and the slope , you may need to have a glasshouse present and place large rocks that take three or four people to move . Place big rocks first , either digging small depressions for them to model firmly in or setting them down before append grime . The rocks will look more instinctive posing with about one - third of their sight below the surface of the grunge .
Step 2
Larger Plants
Shrubs presently in your flower bed will work on a side if they do n’t take unremitting wet or too rich land . Place those plants near the bottom of the slope where they will get the most piss . serious choices for careen garden shrubs include " Blue Star " raetam ( Juniperus squamata " Blue Star " ) , which grows in a mounded shape 1 to 3 infantry tall in U.S. Department of Agriculture flora hardiness zona 4 through 8 and Irene rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis " Renzels " Irene ) , a trailing type that grows 12 to 18 inches marvelous in USDA zone 7 through 10 .
Smaller Plants
Traditional little plants for rock garden let in spring bulbs . If your blossom bed has tulip ( Tulipa spp . ) , which grow in USDA zones 3 through 8 , and daffodils ( Narcissus spp . ) , which grow in USDA zones 3 through 8 , you may dig those up and replant them on the freshly formed gradient . succulent of all character also make for well in rock’n’roll garden , including hardy hen - and - bird ( Sempervivum tectorum ) , also called house leeks , which grow in USDA zone 3 through 8 .
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