#11 Cottage Garden Abundance
Enjoy a lush look in your garden with a bevy of flowering plants that scramble in and over a grouping of rocks. For a cohesive look, this rock garden features a warm color scheme of pink, red, and yellow blooms. The bed is tightly planted to achieve the carefree abundance typical of cottage gardens.
#12 Color and Texture
Add a dramatic impact to your rock garden by pairing striking foliage with colorful blooms.
#13 Sculptural Beauty
Pair perennial favorites with dwarf conifers that bring year-round texture and height to the scene. In this rocky site, the bright pink blooms of perennial sea thrift (Armeria maritima) softly enhance the sculptural forms of dwarf conifers and large boulders.
#14 Drought-Tolerant Rock Garden
Drought-tolerant plants and rock gardening are natural partners. Many rock garden favorites can stand up to harsh conditions and don’t require much care. Plan to pair plants native to your region with eye-catching favorites like silvery lavender, artemisia, and dianthus.
#15 A Warm Welcome
This rock garden planted along the side of a driveway helps create an inviting entrance to the home. To create an informal look, drifts of sedum, salvia, yarrow, thyme, and oregano blend into one another and casually spill over onto the driveway.
#16 Stunning Dwarf Conifers
Dwarf conifers are an ideal addition to any rock garden. For a cohesive look, vary foliage textures but stick to a unified color theme, such as silvery blue.
#17 An Ideal Location
If you’ll bring in boulders or rocks to create your rock garden, look for a site that will naturally fit into the overall landscape. For example, a rock garden will probably look out of place in the middle of a lawn, but it looks great on a sloping site with a backdrop of shrubs or conifers.
#18 Between The Rocks
Filling in tight spots between rocks with flowering plants to add a dash of color and give the rock garden a finished look. Saxifraga is an easy-to-grow crevice-dweller that grows naturally in mountain regions. Its cheerful pink blooms complement the warm tones of the surrounding boulders.
