When you are selecting plants for your rock garden, it’s important to consider the weather conditions, growing requirements and your aesthetic goals so that you can select the right plants. Selecting the right plants will help you transform your boring mound of rocks into a colorful and bright garden..
Here are 7 rock garden plant ideas you can consider to give your landscape an amazing look:
- Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima)
An evergreen perennial with grassy mounds having rounded flowers on stems. It can be planted in rocks or can be used as edging plant or ground-cover. Available in white, red, and pink color, it adds visual interest to your garden. - Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)
Candytuft serves as eye candy for your rock garden. It is a perennial bloomer that produces snow-white flowers on the top of the evergreen foliage. When these flowers mature, they turn to light pink. You can even enjoy their green leaves throughout the winter. - Alyssum (Aurinia saxatilis)
A wonderful and cheerful wall or rock garden plant! Also known as Basket of Gold, alyssum is a perennial that produces masses of yellow flowers that look beautiful between rocks and stones. You can easily grow them from seeds or transplants. - Hens-and-Chicks (Sempervivum sp.)
Adorable plants that add beauty to your rock garden! Available in a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes, these ground-hugging plants can grow in a small space. Each plant (the hen) produces babies (the chicks) forming a mat of foliage. - Sedum (Sedum sp.)
Lure butterflies to your rock garden with sedum! Also called Autumn Joy stonecrop, these plants produce nectar-rich flowers in pink, white or mauve color in the summer and fall. They can grow easily in rocky location and do not require much care. - Red Creeping Thyme (Thymus praecox ‘Coccineus’)
Add texture and interest to your rock garden with red creeping thyme! This gorgeous perennial grows well in between rock walls or paving stones. It produces lavender-red blossoms that provide a beautiful floral display. - Ice Plant (Delosperma cooperi)
This perennial ice plant has gray-green foliage with daisylike blooms in red, purplish-pink, orange, yellow or white color. Being resistant to poor soil, heat and drought, it can be planted between the stones making a good ground-cover.
You can select from these eye-catching garden plant ideas to turn your landscaping nuisance into a delightful sight!