Rock Garden Style Eclectic
Very wide flower spikes bear intense reddish orange flowers that open to peachy yellow for a two tone effect.
Rock garden style eclectic. Woodland rock gardens made of mossy rocks and boulders demand ground hugging wildflowers such as trilliums violets and ferns. In this front yard a stone wall offers an ideal foundation and border for a variety of low growing alpine classics including aubrieta royal blue phlox subulata and potentilla gypsophila franzii and dianthus tiny rubies fill crevices between stones and help to integrate the stone wall with the rest of the terrace. Think tiny when it comes to your rock garden plants. Rock garden designs can range from to sprawling naturalistic creations to faux dried river beds to rustic mounds of stones soil and plants it all depends on your preferences and the amount of space and rock you have to work with.
Whatever type of rock garden suits your space lifestyle and gardening expertise start with the stone and build outwards with varying textures and colors of plants. An expansive prairie garden could contain a rock pile interplanted with alpine plants. Even if you don t have a naturally rocky site you can easily create one. I like to use small mints sedums mosses ice plants and.
Creeping plants are fun to use too because they soften the hard edges of the rocks and help blend your plantings over time. Border plant container cut flower cut foliage dried flower drought tolerant easy to grow mass planting salt tolerant. Whether you want inspiration for planning an eclectic garden renovation or are building a. A backdraft happens when fire explodes with the presence of new oxygen and this kniphofia definitely explodes onto the scene of your garden.
A shady woodland garden could border a patio filled with combination containers. Use of boulders nathan smith93. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the possibilties are limited only by one s imagination in an eclectic garden. Smaller bulbs are nice choice especially small daffodils wild tulip species blue eyed grass or brodiaea.
Not native to north america. Design ideas for a large eclectic backyard full sun xeriscape in denver with natural stone pavers and with rock feature. Either way it s a rock solid idea. Alpine rock gardens resemble a windswept mountain peak complete with rugged lichen coated rocks and boulders flowering alpine plants and twisted evergreens stunted by harsh growing conditions.
Cottage eclectic rock garden. Desert rock gardens feature cacti and other succulents as well as. Finally a third type of rock garden is one inspired by mountain peaks where craggy terrain and dry conditions give way to rugged alpine displays.