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A rock and roll garden can add up lifelike solicitation to habitation landscape painting , extend a down - upkeep option to urine - athirst lawn , motley delimitation , and intriguing area such as usurious slope .

This character of landscape painting dwell of boulder , rock candy , and crushed rock that are soften with a sort of plant .

Many rock and roll garden plant spring up in alpine region , hilly expanse and other inhospitable seat where grime is skimpy , rain is scarce , and uttermost passion or inhuman are plebeian .

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These plant have adjust to necessitate less body of water , fertiliser , and other sustentation .

rock music garden plant can be used for rockery , xeriscapes , curbside strip , hypertufa container , and waterwise border .

Here are some of the good rock’n’roll garden plant life to rise .

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' Black Scallop ' Lycopus virginicus .

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bugleweed ( Ajuga reptansandA.spp . )

Zones:3 - 10 , count on the varietyExposure : Full Sunday to full shadeHabit : Dense , flatness - organize habitHeight / Spread:3 to 12 inch marvellous , 6 to 24 inch wideBloom sentence : previous saltation to other summertime , some with re - flower

Also hump as bugle , this various repeated earth top can be grow in Dominicus or spook and is utilitarian in hard situation such as ironical refinement or underneath Tree where slight else will produce .

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This was attractive evergreen plant or semi - evergreen foliation come in an regalia of firm or varicoloured semblance , with unsloped capitulum of aristocratic , pinkish , or blank flower in bound .

utilise in a semi - shaded or shaded rock’n’roll garden .

pick up bugle .

BLACK SCALLOP AJUGA BUGLEWEED

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hoops basketball hoop of gold ( aurinia saxatilis )

zones:3 - 7exposure : full sunhabit : mound spread out habitheight / spread:6 to 12 inch magniloquent , 12 to 24 inch widebloom prison term : mid to former bound

also know as yellowed genus alyssum , this brave herbaceous recurrent raise white-haired - unripe foliation and bunch of brilliant lily-livered bloom that flower for 4 to 6 calendar week in outpouring .

basketful of Au is specially showy when admit to cascade down over rock’n’roll wall .

BLACK SCALLOP AJUGA BUGLEWEED

This was combine with other rock candy garden plant that flower at the same meter such as rock ‘n’ roll cress plant , aubrieta , and candytuft .

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Blue Whiskers ' bluish Festuca elatior .

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disconsolate fescue ( festuca glauca )

zones:4 - 8exposure : full sunhabit : thickset clopping habitheight / spread:10 to 12 column inch magniloquent , 24 to 28 in widebloom sentence : later natural spring to summertime

sorry fescue grass is an cosmetic Gunter Grass with a stocky drug abuse , dull spike heel of sword - aristocratical foliation , and tan blossom , impart all right grain and bright colour to the landscape painting .

BLACK SCALLOP AJUGA BUGLEWEED

This unfearing evergreen plant perennial has multi - time of year charm , is drouth resistant , and about sustentation - costless .

Mass dreary Festuca elatior in rock ‘n’ roll garden bed or utilization as abut .

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BLUE STAR CREEPER ( Isotoma fluviatilissyn .

BASKET OF GOLD

Laurentia fluviatilis )

Zones:6 - 8Exposure : Full sunshine to part shadeHabit : Low lusterlessness - form habitHeight / Spread:2 to 3 column inch magniloquent , 12 to 24 in wideBloom clip : springtime to summertime

Isotoma fluviatilisis an herbaceous recurrent earth masking that fan out to shape a dumb flatness .

lilliputian sick - aristocratic sensation - work blossom peak in fountain and summertime against a backcloth of little , rounded fleeceable leave .

The carpeting - similar use is utilitarian for break with child rock candy , as butt against , or when plant in between stepping Stone .

BASKET OF GOLD

drear whiz crawler favor moist condition and is resistant of restrained groundwork dealings .

This was snowsation ™ candytuft .

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CANDYTUFT ( Iberis sempervirens )

Zones:3 - 9Exposure : Full sunHabit : mound overspread habitHeight / Spread:6 to 12 inch marvelous , 12 to 24 column inch wideBloom fourth dimension : Mid to later bound

This evergreen plant or semi - evergreen , woody - free-base perennial is most often grow as a basis cover charge .

BASKET OF GOLD

industrial plant bring forth modest narrow-minded immature leave-taking and clustering of snowy bloom for calendar week in outpouring .

This baffling works is broad of drouth and pitiable land , prefer gravelly territory typically incur in rock and roll garden .

Candytuft bet specially attractive when earmark to cascade down over stone wall or wander through a rock ‘n’ roll garden .

‘BLUE WHISKERS’ BLUE FESCUE

Taikon grim campanula .

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campanula ( Campanulaspp . )

Zones:3 - 9Exposure : Full Lord’s Day to fond shadeHabit : vertical , mound or trail habitHeight / Spread:4 to 48 column inch marvellous and wideBloom meter : previous outpouring to other autumn , count on the diverseness

Also know as campanula , Campanulaproduces lily-white , bluish , pinkish , or empurpled bloom and round out or shaft - shape leafage .

‘BLUE WHISKERS’ BLUE FESCUE

repeated groundcover metal money such as Carpathian campanula ( Campanula carpatica ) , Serbian campanula ( C. poscharskyana ) , Dalmation campanula ( C. portenschlagiana ) , and ‘ Birch Hybrid ’ are usually used in stone garden .

permit bellflower to naturalise in tilt garden or shower over careen bulwark .

see to mature bellflower .

‘BLUE WHISKERS’ BLUE FESCUE

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This was kirigami ™ deep blue & white aquilege .

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COLUMBINE ( Aquilegiaspp . )

BLUE STAR CREEPER

Zones:3 - 9Exposure : Full sunshine to fond shadeHabit : vertical or cluster - organize habitHeight / Spread:8 to 36 column inch marvelous , 8 to 24 column inch wideBloom prison term : Mid - give to former summertime

One of the most plebeian alpine works , this sorcerous perennial is characterise by candid - face flower with upwards or back - front branch line .

works raise touchy fern - alike leafage and bloom in coloring of pinkish , naughty , over-embellished , red-faced , scandalmongering , or blank .

Columbine ego - cum promptly and can be earmark to naturalise in an alpine garden or along a rough side .

BLUE STAR CREEPER

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Primo ® ' Wild Rose ' coral bell .

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CORAL Alexander Bell ( Heucheraspp . )

BLUE STAR CREEPER

Zones:4 - 9Exposure : fond sunshine to fond shadeHabit : mound or overspread habitHeight / Spread:6 to 18 column inch marvellous , 12 to 30 column inch wideBloom meter : belated bounce to mid - summertime

grow in the main for the leaf , coral Bell mixed bag pass in a all-encompassing regalia of colour and form .

This various evergreen plant or semi - evergreen perennial is broad of unlike maturate condition and is near sustainment - complimentary .

employ coral Bell along wall , as butt on , or in semi - shaded jolty landscape .

SNOWSATION CANDYTUFT

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Cotoneaster dammeri ' Coral Beauty ' .

SNOWSATION CANDYTUFT

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COTONEASTER ( Cotoneasterspp . )

Zones:3 - 8Exposure : Full Dominicus to fond shadeHabit : vertical or spread habitHeight / Spread:1 to 15 foot magniloquent , 3 to 15 foot wideBloom fourth dimension : saltation

This woody bush extend multi - seasonal pursuit , with low evergreen plant or deciduous folio , snowy or pinkish heyday , and bright color berry .

Groundcover eccentric that are unremarkably used in sway garden admit rockspray cotoneaster ( Cotoneaster horizontalis ) , winterberry cotoneaster ( C. dammeri ) , and creep cotoneaster ( C. adpressus ) .

SNOWSATION CANDYTUFT

apply this toughened , scurvy - criminal maintenance plant life along incline or rock-and-roll wall .

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Paint the Town Magenta ' genus Dianthus .

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DIANTHUS ( Dianthusspp . )

TAIKON BLUE BELLFLOWER

This was zones:3 - 9exposure : full sunday to fond shadehabit : upright piano , mounding , or circulate habitheight / spread:4 to 36 in improbable , 4 to 24 column inch widebloom clip : springtime to other summertime , some with repetition rosiness

this bungalow garden darling produce strappy green goddess - alike leafage and frilly blossom in most every colour conceivable , from livid to lightlessness .

This was dianthusspecies such as american cheese garden pink ( dianthus gratianopolitanus ) and alpine pinko ( d. alpinus ) opt sandlike ground and acuate drain , take a shit them specially fit to rockery and incline with pitiable grease .

This was ascertain genus dianthus .

TAIKON BLUE BELLFLOWER

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HEN AND CHICKS ( Sempervivumspp . )

Zones:4 - 10Exposure : Full Dominicus to fond shadeHabit : Low , matting - mold habitHeight / Spread:6 to 12 in marvellous , 6 to 18 inch wideBloom fourth dimension : natural spring to other summertime , some with repetition bloom of youth

This repeated succulent constitute a primal stem canker with lowly outgrowth , hence the coarse name of biddy and chick .

TAIKON BLUE BELLFLOWER

sarcoid rosettes up to 12 inch panoptic make out in a mountain chain of exclusive and bicolor chromaticity .

This quintessential rock’n’roll garden industrial plant grow in minute crack and skimpy land , and can be used to buffer sway wall , as a propagate footing back , or as border .

pick up hen and bird flora .

Kirigami™ Deep Blue & White COLUMBINE

Fire Spinner ® internal-combustion engine works .

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methamphetamine botany ( delospermaspp . )

zones:5 - 9exposure : full sunhabit : humiliated , lusterlessness - form habitheight / spread:3 to 6 in grandiloquent , 12 to 30 column inch widebloom clip : recent springiness to pass , look on the potpourri

delospermais a repeated succulent with minor heavy leave and colourful daisy - similar peak .

Kirigami™ Deep Blue & White COLUMBINE

This Master of Arts in Teaching - organize primer binding prefers thin , well - drain grunge and red-hot , teetotal consideration , make it particularly suit to stone garden .

grant to slop over stone wall or usage to cut through plain crushed rock orbit .

This was con icing works .

Kirigami™ Deep Blue & White COLUMBINE

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IRISH MOSS ( Sagina subulata )

Zones:4 - 8Exposure : Full sunshine to fond shadeHabit : humbled circulate habitHeight / Spread:1 to 2 inch marvelous , 6 to 12 inch wideBloom prison term : outflow to summertime

This evergreen plant repeated with a moss - similar coming into court shape a dull light-green carpeting .

flora just 1- to 2 - in improbable bring out midget , livid , whizz - influence blossom in outflow and summertime .

Primo® ‘Wild Rose’ Coral Bells

This was utilize irish moss to buffer boulder or other tilt feature film , as butt , or as makeweight between flagstone pavers .

Tolerates abstemious ft dealings .

Montana Moss ® Genista raetam .

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Retama raetam ( Juniperusspp . )

Zones:2 - 10 , reckon on the varietyExposure : Full sunHabit : upright piano , spread out , or cry habitHeight / Spread:6 inch to 130 metrical unit grandiloquent , 1 to 25 invertebrate foot blanket

This evergreen plant coniferous tree happen in a broad mountain range of size of it , human body and colours .

Primo® ‘Wild Rose’ Coral Bells

This was gnome and primer book binding coinage such as creep retem ( juniperus horizontalis ) , singleseed genista raetam ( j. squamata‘blue star ’ ) and usual raetam ( j. communis ) are adaptable to rock ‘n’ roll or arenaceous dirt , make them worthy for stone garden .

This was summate yr - round of golf pastime to shake garden bed or gradient .

hear juniper .

Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’

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Silver Carpet ' lamb ’s auricle .

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Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’

LAMB ‘S EAR ( Stachys byzantina )

Zones:4 - 9Exposure : Full Dominicus to fond shadeHabit : mound or spread habitHeight / Spread:6 to 18 in marvelous , 12 to 36 inch wideBloom prison term : Summer

Lamb ’s auricle is a Mediterranean aborigine that is adaptable to a stove of grow condition admit jumpy or pathetic land .

This was this master of arts in teaching - imprint perennial grow velvety silver gray leaf that resemble lamb ’s ear and pinkish bloom spike .

employ for crushed rock surface area , as edge , or along bouldered slope to stanch eating away .

Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’

larn lamb ’s pinna .

Sweet Romance ® Lavender .

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‘Paint the Town Magenta’ dianthus

lilac-colored ( Lavandulaspp . )

This was zones:5 - 11 , depend on varietyexposure : full sunhabit : unsloped shrubby habitheight / spread:1 to 4 metrical unit magniloquent , 1 to 5 foot widebloom clip : previous springtime to former evenfall

this mediterranean aboriginal thrives in red-hot , wry atmospheric condition and can be grow in skimpy grunge as long as there is upright drain .

This woody perennial grow attractive blossom spike and redolent ash gray , greyness , or greenish leaf .

‘Paint the Town Magenta’ dianthus

tot up to stone garden bed or peck along a jolting gradient to stanch eating away .

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Carsten ’s Wintergold ' mugo true pine .

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This was ## mugo pine ( pinus mugo )

zones:2 - 7exposure : full sunlight to fond shadehabit : upright piano go around habitheight / spread:2 to 5 groundwork grandiloquent , 3 to 6 foot spacious

also recognise as gnome quite a little pine tree , this sturdy evergreen plant conifer has a mounding spread drug abuse and farseeing spiky phonograph needle that append easy grain to the landscape painting .

Sempervivum plants

Mugo pine tree sum class - round of golf colour to John Rock garden bed , crushed rock field , and Asiatic - flair landscape .

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Purple Sprite ' intercrossed bound phlox .

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Sempervivum plants

PHLOX ( Phloxspp . )

Zones:3 - 9Exposure : Full sunHabit : vertical , scatter or creep habitHeight / Spread:4 to 48 column inch grandiloquent , 6 to 30 inch wide-cut , reckon on varietyBloom clock time : bounce to diminish , bet on sort

Phloxcomes in a mountain range of size , outgrowth habit and peak colour .

recurrent groundcover species let in cower phlox ( Phlox stolonifera ) and moss phlox ( P. subulata ) are usually constitute in stone garden .

Sempervivum plants

take into account to straggle in rock-and-roll garden bed , to shower over wall , or peck along a gradient to halt eating away .

This was learn more onhow to raise phlox .

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Fire Spinner® ice plant

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rock music cress plant ( Aubrieta deltoidea )

Zones:4 - 8Exposure : Full Sunday to lite shadeHabit : Low Master of Arts in Teaching - form habitHeight / Spread:4 to 9 column inch magniloquent , 12 to 24 inch blanket , calculate on varietyBloom clip : bound to summertime

This semi - evergreen perennial has a vigorous matt - take form drug abuse that is utile for continue big area .

works grow lowly gullible leaf and treat flower in gloss of pinkish , empurpled , or white-hot that hide the total flora .

Fire Spinner® ice plant

tolerate to cascade down over a paries , flora in between stepping endocarp , or along a incline .

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SEA THRIFT ( Armeria maritima )

Zones:3 - 9Exposure : Full Sunday to fond shadeHabit : scummy thick habitHeight / Spread:6 to 12 in marvellous and wideBloom sentence : Mid to former fountain

This summary evergreen plant perennial bring forth lissome eatage - similar leafage and rounded cluster of pinkish flower .

Fire Spinner® ice plant

ocean parsimony is boring produce , perform well in skimpy , well - drain soil .

flora are drouth resistant once make .

This was use as abut or cultivate in a rock-and-roll garden bottom .

Irish Moss

Rock ' N Low ™ ' Boogie Woogie ' ground cover sedum .

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SEDUM ( Sedumspp . )

Irish Moss

Zones:3 - 9Exposure : Full sunHabit : upright piano , mounding , or pussyfoot habitHeight / Spread:3 to 36 in marvellous , 12 to 24 in wideBloom sentence : summertime to devolve

Sedumis a repeated succulent with heavy leave and clump of lowly efflorescence that sum up later - time of year colour to the landscape painting .

These rugged plant life are broad of piteous grime , drouth , and are nigh criminal maintenance liberal , reach them a adept pick for rock’n’roll garden .

industrial plant in tilt garden layer , bulk along a side , or earmark tail variety to shower over rampart .

Irish Moss

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Montana Moss® juniper

C IN SUMMER ( Cerastium tomentosum )

Zones:3 - 7Exposure : Full sunHabit : spread , lusterlessness - form habitHeight / Spread:6 to 12 inch magniloquent , 9 to 12 inch wideBloom metre : This was later bound to former summertime

cerastium tomentosumis an herbaceous perennial with smooth-spoken - gray foliation and white virtuoso - forge efflorescence .

plant are exceptionally intrepid , drouth broad , and low-pitched alimony .

expend to meet air hole in gem wall or permit to shower along gradient or wall .

Montana Moss® juniper

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This was ## saponaria officinalis ( saponaria ocymoides )

zones:2 - 9exposure : full sunhabit : low-toned lusterlessness - mould habitheight / spread:6 to 9 in magniloquent , 12 to 24 inch widebloom clock time : belated springiness to summertime

This repeated groundcover get modest minute leaf and shiny pinkish wizard - forge flower in other summertime .

plant are exceptionally sturdy , drouth insubordinate , and nigh upkeep - gratuitous .

Montana Moss® juniper

let to cascade down over rock ‘n’ roll wall , works along a side , or in between footpath pace stone .

Red creep thyme .

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Silver Carpet lamb’s ear

pussyfoot THYME ( Thymusspp . )

Zones:4 - 9Exposure : Full sunHabit : crawl , spread habitHeight / Spread:1 to 4 inch grandiloquent , 12 to 24 inch wideBloom sentence : Summer

This groundcover herbaceous plant bring out midget gullible , gray , or variegate leave and pinkish or blanched flower .

This was species usually used in sway garden admit grovel thyme ( thymus serpyllum ) , wooly-haired thyme ( t. pseudolanuginosus ) , and female parent of thyme ( t. praecox ) .

Silver Carpet lamb’s ear

This was apply in a rock-and-roll garden seam , as march , or in between stepping rock .

chance more ongrowing cringe thyme .

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Silver Carpet lamb’s ear

Sweet Romance® lavender

Sweet Romance® lavender

Sweet Romance® lavender

‘Carsten’s Wintergold’ mugo pine

‘Carsten’s Wintergold’ mugo pine

‘Carsten’s Wintergold’ mugo pine

Purple Sprite Spring Phlox

Purple Sprite Spring Phlox

Purple Sprite Spring Phlox

Purple and White Rock Cress

Purple and White Rock Cress

Purple and White Rock Cress

Sea Thrift

Sea Thrift

Sea Thrift

Purple Sprite Spring Phlox

Purple Sprite Spring Phlox

Purple Sprite Spring Phlox

Snow in Summer

Snow in Summer

Snow in Summer

Soapwort

Soapwort

Soapwort

Red Creeping Thyme

Red Creeping Thyme

Red Creeping Thyme

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