List of all plants with their own page in this gallery, who do not have Plant Description Pages elsewhere:-
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Rock Plant Colour Wheel - Flowers Link Map Click on Number in Colour Wheel or Black sections below:- |
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Some abbreviations have been used in compiling the list of Rock Plants for small gardens in order to make it possible to provide all the required information at a glance in a condensed form within the Rock Garden Plant Index Pages. |
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Name |
First is the name of the genus to which the plant belongs which is given in capitals. Under the generic name the names of the species and varieties are recorded. Link to photos, cultivation details or mail-order business that sells it. Link in *** to Rock Garden Colour Wheel Page with photo of the plant at bottom of page. Then, More Photos Page links to further photos / description in its Rock Plant Photos Gallery Page. Followed by link in Return to Rock Garden Colour Wheel Page for comparison of flower photos or link in Index Page in the Rock Garden Colour Wheel Gallery for possible further description. |
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Suitability |
Details of which container to grow the plant in:-
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Type |
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Height and Spread |
The approximate height is given first in inches, followed by the approximate spread, when mature. 1 inch (") = 25.4 millimetres (mm) |
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Soil |
The figures A, B, C and D denote that the plant in question requires one of the following soil mixtures:-
which may be followed by Where no additional letter is given, the plant will thrive under either condition. |
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Position and Protection |
The following terms and abbreviations used singly or in combination will minimize the risk of planting in an unsuitable spot:-
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Flower Colour, Nearest Colour Wheel - Flowers Colour and Months of Flowering |
These 3 columns are self-explanatory;
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Propagation |
A general idea to the best method of increasing the stock:-
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A combination of the above will denote that the plant can be increased by all the methods which those abbreviated letters stand for. |
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Propagation Seed Composts |
"I am giving 3 types of composts which will be numbered 1, 2 and 3 so that they will not be confused with the potting mixtures. The number of the compost will be noted under the heading of propagation in the list of plants. These are not offered as the only types in which seedlings may be grown, but they have proved their worth over many years. As it will only be on rare occasions that a bushel of compost of any one of the seed mixtures will be required, I will give the size of the box which can be constructed easily to hold a quarter of a bushel, an amount more in keeping with the average amateur's need. The inside measurements of the box, which is best made of wood are 10 by 10 x 5.5 inches deep (25 by 25 x 13.25 cms). By doubling the depth a half bushel measure is available. Compost 1
and well mix the whole together dry. Afterwards to this is added
to each bushel of compost. If this mixture is to be used for plants which are lime haters, the chalk should be omitted.
Compost 2
Compost 3
Both composts 2 and 3 need a very fine sprinkling of superphosphate of lime, just under 0.5 ounce for a a quarter of a bushel of mixture or to be more precise 3/8 of an ounce. The superphosphate is needed by the seedlings in their early growth. In fact it is essential as a plant food as soon as the seed starts to germinate, so it must be mixed with the composts, not applied afterwards. " from Collector's Alpines by Royton E. Heath published in 1964 by Collingridge Limited. |
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THE 2 EUREKA EFFECT PAGES FOR UNDERSTANDING SOIL AND HOW PLANTS INTERACT WITH IT OUT OF 15,000:-
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when I do not have my own or ones from mail-order nursery photos , then from March 2016, if you want to start from the uppermost design levels through to your choice of cultivated and wildflower plants to change your Plant Selection Process then use the following galleries:-
I hope that you find that the information in this website is useful to you:- I like reading and that is shown by the index in my Library, where I provide lists of books to take you between designing, maintaining or building a garden and the hierarchy of books on plants taking you from
There are the systems for choosing plants as shown in
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There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-
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Further details on Seed Pans, Cuttings and Pans for Rock Garden Plants in the Flower Shape and Plant Use of |
Ivydene Gardens Photos of Rock Garden Plants Suitable for Small Gardens : |
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"The list for the Pan or Trough Garden varieties should also be included. Many spring flowering species produce a second crop in autumn. November, December and January are off months as always, though Gentiana sino-ornata, Cyclamen coum and a few brave stragglers like Campanula pusilla may show a rain-splashed bloom or two, and a mild season may tempt a few spring varieties forward." from Miniature Alpine Gardening by Lawrence D. Hills, published by Faber and Faber in 1944:- |
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Plant Name for Miniature Rock Garden Plant with link to description |
Flowering Colour with link to mail-order supplier |
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Open golden cups striped on the outside with orange-brown flowers in February-March with emerging narrow grey-green leaves. Full sun or part shade and sandy peaty loam with mortar rubble under deciduous trees or shrubs. Sow seed as soon as ripe. |
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Saphire blue flowers in February-March with emerging narrow grey-green leaves. Full sun or part shade and sandy peaty loam with mortar rubble under deciduous trees or shrubs. Sow seed as soon as ripe. |
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March |
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Same data as in February |
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Cambridge blue flower spikes in March-April on any moist soil under carpeter groundcover. The untidy leaves when the plants are transferring the food they have gathered to the bulb for next year's flowering is against their use in trough or pan. The seed capsules should be collected when tidying up the dead foliage and left to dry until the seeds are hard and black, when they are ready for sowing in some out of the way corner. |
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Between 8-9 inches (20-22.5 cms) high with yellow flowers in February-March, this Daffodil prefers full sun and shelter from drying winds, in a gritty leafy soil - it will grow on chalk in a pocket of equal parts of good turfy rotted loam, leaf-mould and coarse sand. In damp places or on a heavy clay, it is inclined to vanish mysteriously as its roots are not sufficiently vigorous with stiff soils. Lift in May, when the foliage has completely died down, and replant the offsets at wider intervals, even tiny bulbs like barley grains will reach flowering size the following year. |
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Narcissus juncifolius |
Between 12-18 inches (30-45 cms) high with golden yellow flowers in May-July, this Division 7 Daffodil prefers full sun and shelter from drying winds, in a gritty leafy soil - it will grow on chalk in a pocket of equal parts of good turfy rotted loam, leaf-mould and coarse sand. In damp places or on a heavy clay, it is inclined to vanish mysteriously as its roots are not sufficiently vigorous with stiff soils. Lift in May, when the foliage has completely died down, and replant the offsets at wider intervals, even tiny bulbs like barley grains will reach flowering size the following year. |
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Narcissus nanus |
6 inch (15 cms) high with yellow flowers in March-April, this Daffodil prefers full sun and shelter from drying winds, in a gritty leafy soil - it will grow on chalk in a pocket of equal parts of good turfy rotted loam, leaf-mould and coarse sand. In damp places or on a heavy clay, it is inclined to vanish mysteriously as its roots are not sufficiently vigorous with stiff soils. Lift in May, when the foliage has completely died down, and replant the offsets at wider intervals, even tiny bulbs like barley grains will reach flowering size the following year. |
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Grows 3 inches (7.5 cms) high - with violet flowers in April-May - in equal parts of good loam, fine leaf-mould and pounded slate. They do not like lime so do not grow in chalk soil. The flower buds are formed during the autumn and remain dormant throughout the winter. The main reason for a poor display is the damping off of these buds from excessive moisture, and also attacks by slugs. A pane of glass on a carefully bent wire holder over the plant during the winter, and a small ring of perforated zinc around the plant, are excellent counter-measures. Division with care in July. |
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April |
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Arabis blepharophylla |
Dark grey-green, faintly hairy, smooth-edged and rounded at the tips foliage of a plant that increases slowly in a clump. Rich pink flowers on 3-6 inch (7.5-15 cms) stems in April-June. Fully hardy on any soil, the poorer the better, in full sun, no matter how dry it gets. It is a good chalk plant as it is fond of lime. Propagation is from the young shoots, which are produced after flowering. These root freely in sandy soil in a frame or greenhouse, but they should not be removed before there is at least an inch of stem between the growing point and the lowest leaf, which should be removed when the cutting is made. |
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Dome 2 inches (5 cms) high of narrow dark green leaves and clear blue trumpet flowers in February-May. It prefers full sun on heavy clay with plenty of lime, but with the addition of mortar rubble to most ordinary soils (will not grow in peaty sand) it will grow well. The soil should be kept firm around the plants and they greatly appreciate a mulch of lime-stone chippings to preserve the moisture. Propagation is easy by division and replanting after flowering in early summer. |
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Inula acaulis |
Broad dark green leaves in flat rosettes on short jointed stems that cling closely to the ground, rooting downwards at every elbow (I wonder why it does not do this with its knees as well!). Large yellow daisy flowers on 2 inch (5 cms) stems in April-May. Prefers full sun on light alpine soil. Division of the clump in spring. |
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Low tufts of grey and furry leaves with the 2 small grey starfish flowers one on top of the other on stems from 4-6 inches (10-15 cms) high in April-June. The plant being too large for a pan or trough is best grown on a sunbaked slope of poor and limy soil - chalk is ideal. Easy to raise from seed. |
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Same data as in March |
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Same data as in March |
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Narcissus juncifolius |
Same data as in March |
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Narcissus nanus |
Same data as in March |
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Deep pink flowers on 4 inch (10 cms) stems in April or May with dark green foliage. It has underground stems or 'stolons' as a means of increase. It prefers full sun with a mixture of 1 part each of mortar rubble and sand to 2 of alpine soil. Propagate from soft non-flowering shoots in July-August, taken about an inch long and inserted into sand in a shaded cold frame. The lowest leaves should be removed with a razor blade and the stem cut cleanly just below the joint. They go in nicely with a small dibber, stand up well after watering and are chubby little plants to go out in the spring. |
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Phlox subulata atropurpurea |
Dark rosy-purple flowers in April-June with dark green foliage. It prefers full sun with a mixture of 1 part each of mortar rubble, and crock dust to 3 of alpine soil. Propagate from soft non-flowering shoots in July-August, taken about an 0.5 inch long and inserted into sand in a shaded cold frame. The lowest leaves should be removed with a razor blade and the stem cut cleanly just below the joint. They go in nicely with a small dibber, stand up well after watering and are chubby little plants to go out in the spring. |
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Tulipa dasystemon |
Grows between 4-6 inches (10-15 cms) high with small pale yellow flowers in April. Any ordinary alpine soil containing leaf-mould will grow it and as it is fully hardy, it should be left in year after year. Plant the offsets in the spring. |
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May |
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Aethionema 'Warley Rose' |
Evergreen bush with thin blue-grey foliage and pink flowers from April-June. Height 6 inches (15 cms), width 12 inches (30 cms). It can be cut back to the parent root in April to begin again as a neat and compact bush. Prefers Full Sun, a clayey soil, and plenty of chalk and mortar rubble. Your cuttings in August are the small shoots at the base of the flowering stems: these root freely in a shaded cutting frame or pan of sand in a cool greenhouse. Pot in 3.5 inch (8.5 cms) pots in the Autumn with limy soil, transplant in spring or following autumn. The growing point should be nipped out to make them bushy and compact in early spring. |
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Excellent crevice plant, where vertical planting, with a cool root run to the soil behind, preserves them from the effects of winter damp. They grow in rosettes of hairy leaves and send out long runners which root down like a strawberry runner and become additional plants. Deep pink flowers in May and June on 2-3 inch (5-7.5 cms) stems above the rosettes. Fuul Sun with gritty soil: 1 of broken crocks and smashed up slate to 3 of good alpine soil with plenty of mortar rubble. Protect from winter damp with pane of glass large enough to run the drips clear of the plant. Just dig up and transplant or pot any runners in autumn or early spring. |
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Androsace sempervivoides |
The rosettes are only 0.5 inches across (1.25 cms), pale green and far less hairy than the Androsace above. Pink flowers in May and June. |
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Arabis blepharophylla |
Same data as in April |
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Azalea rosaeflora |
This evergreen shrub spreads slowly outwards rather than upwards to 6 inches (15 cms) in height. Salmon-pink flowers in May and early June. It prefers full sun or part shade and a cool root run in 2 parts leaf-mould, 1 of natural peat, 1 part of sand and 1 of good loam, but not in chalk districts or a very dry garden. Cuttings can be taken from the soft hairy-stemmed young shoots that spring from the base of branches; usually in August. These should be inserted into 3 parts of sand to 1 of fine peat in a shaded cold frame, having been dipped into rooting powder. Pot in the following spring, using the growing compost with about half a teacupful of bonemeal to a bucketful of soil mixed well together. Nip out the growing point 3 times in the summer to make bushy plants. When growth is well advanced at end of May, the plants should be plunged in leaf-mould, covering them completely so that only the foliage can be seen, as well as packing it well into all the spaces between the pots. Soak about twice a week in dry weather. Plant out in the following spring by smashing the pot rather than breaking the roots through lifting it out. |
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Cytisus procumbens (Cytisus decumbens) |
Prostrate main stems are small, gnarled and twist closely about over soil and rocks - with thin dark green leaves - becoming 12 inches (30 cms) across and 3 inches (7.5 cms) high. Yellow gorse-like blooms in May. Add ample leaf-mould and mortar rubble to any light soil. Full sun with drought, chalk or poor sandy soil makes it flower more freely. The cuttings are 2 inch (5 cms) lengths of the spine-like leaves removed in June or July, and rooted in a 5 to 1 mixture of sand and peat in a shaded cold frame. They will grow from the tips and sides, assuming their characteristic habit after about 6 months. |
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Ball-shaped shrub about 8 inches (20 cms) high and 12 inches (30 cms) across fragrant clear pink florets in April-May. Soil mixture of equal parts of loam, sand and leaf-mould with full sun or part shade. It should be well-watered on chalk. Spring top dressing of a tablespoonful of bonemeal sprinkled round the roots. Fill empty centre in June with the above mixture so that the stems will root strongly into that. Dip non-flowering shoots of hard wood in July or August in rooting hormone before growing in a mixture of sand with fine peat in a shaded cold frame. After potting in spring into the loam, sand and leaf-mould mixture above, and stopping about May and agin in July, they will be ready for planting out in the autumn. |
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Close-packed silvery foliage with rose-pink flowers on 1 inch (2.5 cms) high stems in May-June. Division in spring or soft cuttings after flowering. |
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Florets of deep pink flowers in June-August with soil mixture of equal parts of loam, sand and leaf-mould and part shade or full shade. Will grow on chalk. When the seed vessel is dry and opens, then the seed within is black and hard. Sow the seed in a box under glass. The clumps can be divided in the autumn. 114 page book on Dodocatheon alpinum. |
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The leaves are small and rounded on thin closely woven stems that grow not more than an inch (2.5 cms) high, above which the 4-petalled star-shaped flowers, pale blue with a yellow or cream centre, are carried on short stalks from May-September. It is happiest in shade or part shade on a moist peaty soil. Seed is sown when ripe and pricked off or potted to winter in a cold frame. |
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Inula acaulis |
Same data as in April |
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Same data as in April |
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Violet |
Deep violet flowers in May-September with small blunt grey leaves on colony of prostrate branches. Full sun with poor, sandy and limy soil so it makes a good plant for chalk, particularly as it has no objection to drought. The clump will last about 3 years and seed themselves generously, so makes it unsuitable for the pan or trough. Seed can be sown in spring in the rock garden crevices. |
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Semi-prostrate, with heather like foliage and light blue flowers from June-August, which open only when the sun shines. Propagate through soft cuttings after flowering in September. |
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The area where this plant is growing should always be carefully marked in the autumn with labels as it is deciduous and lives throughout the winter as a colony of underground stems; these are often forked up by incautious weeding, and this is the most common reason for loss. It requires shade or part shade and a moist but well-drained soil with plenty of coarse sand and leaf-mould to keep it open. Small bright green hairy leaves form a low thicket about 0.5 inches high (1.25 cms) high with minute vivid yellow trumpet-shaped flowers on 2 inch (5 cms) stems in May-August. |
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Same data as in April |
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Phlox subulata atropurpurea |
Same data as in April |
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Raymonda pyrenaica |
The plant with its dark green crinkly leaves should be squeezed in between 2 rocks in either a horizontal or upright join, so that its leaves sit against the outer surface of the crag and the roots can reach back into moisture and good soil behind - a mixture of 3 parts alpine soil, 2 of leaf-mould and 1 of mortar rubble. As it becomes established, the plant will increase to a colony of swelling rosettes all tucked closely into the crevice, with clusters of violet-blue flowers, with buttercup-yellow eyes, from the end of May until September. The crevice should be in at least part shade, full shade is best, and the plant should be grown edgeways. Split the colony in the spring. |
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Thalspi rotundifolium |
A rosette former growing in a low colony of dark green round leaves that radiate from a thick root stock. Lavender flowers in May-June. Full sun on a slope of 1 part each of coarse sand, fine crock chips, mortar rubble and leaf-mould to 3 of good clayey loam, should be used for both growing, sowing in a pan and potting. Place a small ring of perforated zinc around the plant to counter the slugs. Cuttings of single rosettes should be struck in sand in a shaded frame during July-August. Seed, when it is set, should be sown in spring. |
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Grows between 4-6 inches (10-15 cms) high with up to 5 blooms of pointed cups of vivid orange scarlet, on a branching stem in May-June. Any ordinary alpine soil containing leaf-mould will grow it and as it is fully hardy, it should be left in year after year. Plant the offsets in the spring. |
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June |
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Aethionema 'Warley Rose' |
Same data as in May |
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Andromeda polyfolia compacta |
Evergreen shrub growing to 6 inches (15 cms) high, with pale pink flowers in June. Soil of 2 parts leaf-mould, 2 of good loam and 1 of sand in full sun or part shade, where it is not too dry in summer. Like other members of Ericacea, it is no good on chalk. |
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Androsace sempervivoides |
The rosettes are only 0.5 inches across (1.25 cms), pale green and far less hairy than the Androsace above. Pink flowers in May and June. |
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Arabis blepharophylla |
Same data as in April |
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Azalea rosaeflora |
Same data as in May |
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Place at the foot of a rock in the ravine garden by water. Bright green round leaves on stems will cling by rootlets up the face of any vertical surface as well as spreading at the base. Vivid yellow slipper flowers from June-September with crimson lines will nod on inch high stalks over the closely matted foliage. Full sun if it damp, but hates being dry, and is not suitable for a chalk soil, preferring sandy mixture with leaf-mould or a clay well lightened by these ingredients. Division in spring or from seed - saved when the pods start to gape open - sown in a greenhouse in February. |
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Violet bell-shaped flowers on 2 inch (5 cms) stems in June-August. Full sun or part shade and any soil containing mortar rubble. Spring division. |
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Cytisus procumbens (Cytisus decumbens) |
Same data as in May |
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Rose- |
Same data as in May |
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Grassy silver-grey foliage and bright crimson double flowers in May-October. Remove dead blooms and scatter a teaspoonful of bonemeal or any herbaceous plant fertiliser round each clump about July before watering. To make sure of cuttings, a plant should be selected in May, cut back and prevented from flowering by the removal of buds; the supply of young shoots in June-July will be adequate for propagating in the same way as the other Dianthus. |
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Close-packed green foliage with pale pink flowers in April-June. Division in spring or soft cuttings after flowering. |
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June, July |
Soil mixture required is 2 parts leaf-mould (or natural peat for a second choice) to 1 each of loam and sand with 0.5 parts of mortar rubble. It dislikes dryness therefore keep it away from the highest and most sun-baked slopes, but will tolerate part shade. Bright green leaves in a low tight cushion of a plant with pale pink flowers - which have dark crimson lines and edgings - in June. Propagation in spring through cuttings of soft shoots in a cold frame. |
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Dianthus 'Spark' |
Crimson |
Grassy foliage and vivid crimson double flowers in June-August. Remove dead blooms and scatter a teaspoonful of bonemeal or any herbaceous plant fertiliser round each clump about July before watering. To make sure of cuttings, a plant should be selected in May, cut back and prevented from flowering by the removal of buds; the supply of young shoots in June-July will be adequate for propagating in the same way as the other Dianthus. |
Geranium sanguineum lancastriense |
Lancashire Crane's Bill grows best in full sun on poor soil with plenty of lime - on peaty sand it requires additional mortar rubble. Clear pink veined with red flowers are produced on short stems on a starvation diet. Sections of the thick mature stems can be inserted in September into sand or the clump can be divided in spring. Starvation is essential in cramped quarters for more flowers and it is successful in dry shade. |
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Globularia cordifolia |
Spoon-shaped, dark green leaves with pale blue flowers in July-August. Full sun and prefers a gritty and limy soil - 1 part of mortar rubble, 1 part of crock or brick dust and 2 parts of alpine soil. Division of the clumps in spring. |
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Gypsophila cerastioides Coopers var. White-veined red flower. |
White-veined Red |
Low mat of creeping branches with pale green leaves with white-veined red flowers in June-July. Any soil with plenty of mortar rubble or other form of lime in full sun. Division in spring. Gypsophila cerastioides Pixie Splash has red-veined white flowers. |
Gypsophila fratensis |
Pale Pink |
Grey-green, fleshy leaves with pale pink flowers in June-September. Requires poor and limy soils in full sun in a dry chalk garden. Cuttings after flowering root readily in sand so it is rarely worth troubling with seed. |
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Completely prostrate trailing stems with small grey-green rounded leaves and buttercup yellow flowers in July-September. It prefers full sun in a sandy limy soil or coarse sand on a heavy clay. Propagate using spring or autumn cuttings. |
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Violet |
Same data as in May |
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Between 8-9 inches (20-22.5 cms) high with yellow flowers in April, this Daffodil prefers full sun and shelter from drying winds, in a gritty leafy soil - it will grow on chalk in a pocket of equal parts of good turfy rotted loam, leaf-mould and coarse sand. In damp places or on a heavy clay, it is inclined to vanish mysteriously as its roots are not sufficiently vigorous with stiff soils. Lift in May, when the foliage has completely died down, and replant the offsets at wider intervals, even tiny bulbs like barley grains will reach flowering size the following year. |
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Linum |
White veined with Grey |
It forms a round mat of wiry heather-like branches about an inch (2.5 cms) high, with pointed greyish-green leaves on a neat and compact plant. The flowers, on 2 inch (5 cms) stems, are white veined with grey pencil markings on the petals. Every evening they wrap themselves neatly like rolled umbrellas, but blaze all over the clump through the heat of the day, from the end of May until August. Cuttings should be selected from non-flowering shoots in August, treated with hormone powder and inserted into 2 parts of loam to 1 each of leaf-mould, sand and mortar-rubble. As they increase from the inch (2.5 cms) long cuttings from which they started, they will need stopping to encourage bushy growth for about 2 years in growing to flowering size. |
Papaver alpinum hybrids |
2-3 inches (5-7.5 cms) high with feathery grey foliage in low tufts with white (Papaver alpinum album), orange red (Papaver alpinum cocineum), yellow (Papaver alpinum luteum) and pink (Papaver alpinum roseum) flowers on short stems in June-October. Full sun and poorest sandy soil with mortar rubble. Seed should be sown from April onwards where the plants are required even in unlikely crevices and corners. They cross fertilize very freely. |
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Phlox subulata 'Snow Queen' |
Forms an inch (2.5 cms) high mat of closely packed dark green foliage, covered in May or June with white 5-petalled flowers. It prefers full sun with a mixture of 1 part each of mortar rubble, and crock dust to 3 of alpine soil. Propagate from soft non-flowering shoots in July-August, taken about an inch long and inserted into sand in a shaded cold frame. The lowest leaves should be removed with a razor blade and the stem cut cleanly just below the joint. They go in nicely with a small dibber, stand up well after watering and are chubby little plants to go out in the spring. |
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Phlox subulata atropurpurea |
Same data as in April |
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Primula capitata var. Mooreana |
Leaves are light green, narrow and bluntly rounded with finely toothed edges, carried in a colony of flat rosettes over which the deep rich purple flower heads nod on 6-8 inch stems during June-August. Seed is set in nut-like capsules among the flower heads and should be sown immediately that it is ripe. If a garden is being contructed at the overflow of a pond, then use 1 part of leaf-mould to every 2 of soil to aid the soil continuing to be wet. |
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Raymonda pyrenaica |
Same data as in May |
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Sisyrinchium bellum |
Narrow pale green sword-shaped leaves, with clear blue 4-petalled flowers in clusters that burst from the sheaths of leaf-like stems in June-September. Planted in sandy soil, they will grow in a clump from 4-6 inches (10-15 cms) high. The capsules should be allowed to ripen on the plant; when they are dry, and the seeds loose and black inside, they should be gathered and sown either at once or in the spring. Division in spring is another propagation method. |
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Thalspi rotundifolium |
Same data as in May |
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Yellow flowers |
Yellow flowers in May-June on short-lived plant about 2 inches (5 cms) high. Plant in part shade on ordinary alpine soil, in a situation where they do not suffer from drought in the summer, and they can be propagated from cuttings in September which are rooted in a cold frame. |
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July |
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Aethionema 'Warley Rose' |
Same data as in May |
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Andromeda polyfolia compacta |
Same data as in June |
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Same data as in June |
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Campanula Tymonsii |
Pale blue cupped flowers in July-September. Height of 4 inches (10 cms) and width of 12 inches (30 cms). |
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Campanula Wockii |
Violet |
Small tuft plant with deep violet flowers on 2 inch (5 cms) stems from June-September. |
Claytonia australasica |
Bluish-white |
Small, round, pale green foliage grows into a low mat. Bluish-white daisy florets in June-September. 2 parts alpine soil to 1 part leaf-mould. It dislikes drought, full sun and chalk. Division and cuttings in spring using 3 parts sand to 1 of fine peat. |
Same data as in June |
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Dianthus 'Spark' |
Crimson |
Same data as in June |
Gentiana septemfida var. lagodechiana |
Forms a circle of trailing stems with dark green leaves about 18 inches (45 cms) in diameter with mid-blue trumpet flowers in June-July. It will grow in full sun or part shade on any soil, though on chalk it appreciates more leaf-mould, and on poor sand the size of the clump is restricted. |
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Geranium sanguineum lancastriense |
Same data as in June |
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Globularia cordifolia |
Same data as in June |
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Same data as in May |
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Same data as in June |
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Linaria faucicola (Linaria alpina concolor) and other Linarias |
Violet |
Same data as in May |
Same data as in May |
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Linum suffruticosum salsoloides 'Nanum' |
White veined with Grey |
Same data as in June |
Lithospermum diffusum (Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue') |
Dark green oval leaves on long prostrate branches that weave into a mat of thick foliage, which can be rolled up like a carpet in spring to enable a top dressing of a tablespoonful of bonemeal to be scattered round the central rootstock and forked in to provide additional plant food. Florets of gentian blue flowers in May-June. Part shade or full sun against a large rock over which it can cascade and to which the roots can cling in a pocket of 2 parts of natural peat to 1 each of leaf-mould, good lime-free loam and sand. Once planted, it should not be disturbed as it rarely recovers from root damage. Soft young growth cuttings about 2 inches (5 cms) should be taken in the first 2 weeks of July. They should be dipped into a rooting hormone and then inserted into a mixture of 3 parts sand to 1 of fine peat, in a cold frame or greenhouse. They should be well watered, shaded, and never allowed to flag. When potting the young plants into the mixture recommended for growing the parents, great care should be taken to avoid breaking the almost transparent growing point of the tap root - a common cause of plants becoming hard, yellow foliage, and sulky. July struck cuttings will need stopping about September and again in early spring; by April or May they will be ready for their permanent homes. |
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It grows in small rosettes of rather brownish-green leaves joined by red-brown stems that root like strawberry runners but less rapidly. Lilac/violet flowers on very short stems above the mat of foliage in July-August. Carpeter for full shade or part shade on poor sandy soil protected from cold wind. Spring division is the usual method of increase. |
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Mimulus cupreus 'Whitecroft Scarlet' |
Bright Scarlet with small Yellow spots |
Very compact, growing from 2-4 inches (5-10 cms) high, with short jointed sturdy stems and small pointed brownish-green leaves. Bright scarlet with small yellow spots in the throat flowers in June-September. Shade or part shade is preferred and in a damp place down by water among ferns on any ordinary alpine mixture, it will riot and grow without becoming a nuisance. Take soft cuttings at the end of September and insert them in 4 parts sand, 2 of loam and 1 of leaf-mould either direct in a cold frame, or in a large pot half filled and covered with glass. They will remain with no more attention than the removal of dead leaves and ventilation until about March or April. |
Papaver alpinum hybrids |
Same data as in June |
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Penstemon roezlii |
12 inch (30 cms) diameter and 6 inches (15 cms) high semi-prostrate bush of small, leathery light green leaves and bright coral red flowers in spikes of 8 in May-July. Full sun with mixture of 1 part each of leaf-mould, sand or crock chips, mortar rubble to 2 of good loam in a pocket within chalk soil. Soft shoots inserted in July-August are easy to root and take about 2 years to produce a sizeable plant. Seed, though often available, is not always a success, as the seedlings do not often inherit the flowering qualities of the parents. |
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Primula capitata var. Mooreana |
Same data as in June |
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Raymonda pyrenaica |
Same data as in May |
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Scutillaria indica japonica |
The mauve flowers are carried on short spikes of up to 9 florets from the end of July until October. It is a compact bush about 4 inches (10 cms) high with grey-green hairy leaves on wiry stems. It prefers full sun and sandy or chalky soil. Take soft cuttings of non-flowering wood in spring or August. They are easy to strike in sand and with winter protection will be ready for planting the following spring. Blooms April-June in Japan. |
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Sisyrinchium bellum |
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Thymus serpyllum major |
Forms dense evergreen mats with crimson flowers in July-August. Prefers full sun on any ordinary soil. Division is easiest method of propagation. |
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Aethionema 'Warley Rose' |
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Campanula haylodgensis flora plena |
Double flowered alpine with lavender blue bells one inside the other, on 3 inch (7.5 cms) stems above a close mat of pale green, glossy foliage. Its preferences and propagation methods are the same as Campanula arvatica. |
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Campanula Tymonsii |
July, August, September |
Same data as in July |
Campanula Wockii |
Violet |
Small tuft plant with deep violet flowers on 2 inch (5 cms) stems from June-September. |
Claytonia australasica |
Bluish-white |
Same data as in July |
Becomes a thick circle of prostrate branches, along which the small pale green leaves are carried closely in pairs. The flower buds develop in July and open in August-September into steely-blue trumpets with a ring of black hairs in the centre of the bloom. Use in lower slopes of rock garden in full sun. Protect from rain in the winter using a cloche. Use 1 part each of peat, leaf-mould, loam and coarse sand, with o.5 of a part of crock chips as the soil mixture and add spring top dressing of bonemeal. It prefers rainwater, but not a chalk soil. When a seed pod swells up, then the remains of the dead flowers should be removed as rainwater is apt to rot them during te autumn. The pod should then be left on until it opens a little at the top, after which it should be stored somewhere dry for spring sowing. |
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Dianthus 'Spark' |
Crimson |
Same data as in June |
Erica foxii nana |
Grows 3 inches (7.5 cms) high and produces miniature spires of bright purple bloom in August-September and dark green foliage. It prefers a mixture of 1 part each of leaf-mould, peat, silver sand, and good loam. Full sun, or shaded for part of the day and remain moist in summer. Take soft cuttings from the tips of growing shoots in August, about an inch (2.5 cms) long inserted in a 5 to 1 mixture of sand and peat in a shaded cold frame. Add a little of the mixture from the area round the host plant to provide the mycorrhizal fungus to the cutting compost to help the new growth. (currently Calluna Foxii nana) |
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Gentiana farreri |
It will grow on chalk in a pocket of equal parts of good turfy rotted loam, leaf-mould and coarse sand, in which it should remain undisturbed, as it hates being moved once it is established. Full sun or part shade aids the production of pale blue trumpet flowers in July-August. Cuttings in spring from the smaller shoots should be inserted in 4 parts peat and 1 of sand mixture in which they will root in a cold frame, which is well shaded and with little ventilation until rooted. If buds form in the growing cuttings they should be nipped out at once. These can be planted out the following April. |
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Gentiana septemfida var. lagodechiana |
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Dark green foliage with sky blue flowers in August-September. It will grow on chalk in a pocket of equal parts of good turfy rotted loam, leaf-mould and coarse sand, in which it should remain undisturbed, as it hates being moved once it is established. An old clump of about 5 years will appreciate a scattering of bonemeal in the spring and a top dressing of leaf-mould. Propagation from spring cuttings. |
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Prostrate mat of red-brown stems with small bronzy leaves. It grows 3 inches (7.5 cms) high with ivory-white with green veining flowers from August-October. |
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Geranium sanguineum lancastriense |
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Globularia cordifolia |
Same data as in June |
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Gypsophila fratensis |
Pale Pink |
Same data as in June |
Same data as in May |
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Linum suffruticosum salsoloides 'Nanum' |
White veined with Grey |
Same data as in June |
Lithospermum diffusum (Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue') |
Same data as in July |
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Mimulus cupreus 'Whitecroft Scarlet' |
Bright Scarlet with small Yellow spots |
Same data as in July |
Papaver alpinum hybrids |
Same data as in June |
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Penstemon roezlii |
Same data as in July |
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Primula capitata var. Mooreana |
Same data as in June |
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Raymonda pyrenaica |
Same data as in May |
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Scutillaria indica japonica |
Same data as in July |
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Thymus serpyllum major |
Same data as in July |
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Yellow flowers |
Same data as in June |
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Campanula haylodgensis flora plena |
Same data as in August |
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Campanula Wockii |
Violet |
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Claytonia australasica |
Bluish-white |
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Same data as in August |
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Same data as in August |
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Unsuitable for a chalk garden or one with lime in the soil; even hardness in the water will make them go yellow and dwindle away. Mixture of 3 parts leaf-mould, 2 of silver sand and 1 each of natural peat and loam; it is best to dig out a pocket about 8 inches deep and fill this with this growing compost. They should always be watered with rain-water. Part shaded position with surrounding soil of ordinary clay, sand or gravel will suit the plants for many years. Deep blue trumpet flowers in September-November. |
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Deep Prussian blue flowers in September-October. Best in full sun. Mixture of 3 parts leaf-mould, 2 of silver sand and 1 each of natural peat and loam; it is best to dig out a pocket about 8 inches deep and fill this with this growing compost. They should always be watered with rain-water. Divide this and Gentiana sino-ornata in February-March by splitting the crown carefully, so that each piece has 3 or 4 growing points and several of the long white thong-like roots. |
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Geranium sanguineum lancastriense |
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Gypsophila fratensis |
Pale Pink |
Same data as in June |
Same data as in May |
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Same data as in May |
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Lithospermum diffusum (Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue') |
Same data as in July |
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Same data as in May |
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Mimulus cupreus 'Whitecroft Scarlet' |
Bright Scarlet with small Yellow spots |
Same data as in July |
Papaver alpinum hybrids |
Same data as in June |
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Penstemon roezlii |
Same data as in July |
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Scutillaria indica japonica |
Same data as in July |
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Yellow flowers |
Same data as in June |
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Lithospermum diffusum (Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue') |
Same data as in July |
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Same data as in June |
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Yellow flowers |
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PAGES FOR PHOTOS OF ROCK GARDEN PLANTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN PLANT DESCRIPTION PAGE
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ROCK GARDEN PLANT INDEX
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(o)Rock Plant: D
(o)Rock Plant: E
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LISTS OF PLANTS SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS SITUATIONS AND PURPOSES:-
THE ROCK GARDEN -
Early Bloom in the Rock Garden.
Summer Bloom in the Rock Garden.
Late Bloom in the Rock Garden.
Rock plants of Creeping and Trailing Habit.
Rock plants with Evergreen Foliage.
Rock Plants with Silvery or Variegated Foliage.
Rock plants needing the protection of Sheet of Glass in Winter.
THE WALL GARDEN -
Plants for sunny sites in the Wall Garden.
Plants for Shady Sites in the Wall Garden.
Plants for a Dry Site on a Wall.
Plants for a Moderately Dry Site on a Wall.
Plants for a Moist Site on a Wall.
Plants for Positions on Top of Walls.
Plants to Hang Down from the Upper Parts of a Wall.
Website Structure Explanation and User Guidelines
DETAILS OF PLANTS IN LISTS FOR THE ROCK, WALL, PAVED, WATER AND BOG GARDENS
Some Good Rock Plants with Some on Moraine
Plants for the Miniature Rock Garden with some Bulbs
Moisture-loving Trees and Shrubs for Bog or Water Garden
Plants for Wall Garden and Paved Garden
The Moraine or Scree Garden - Many of the alpines will not prosper in the ordinary rock garden. They require that the natural conditions under which they live in the wild state shall be copied as nearly as possible in the rock garden. The plants to which we refer grow on mountain slopes covered with loose stones, where the melting of the snow during summer provides them with plenty of ice-cold water and where a blanket of snow protects them during the winter. The conditions we must endeavour to reproduce are, therefore: adequate moisture for the roots in summer while the plants are growing, but at the same time good drainage:
and secondly, protection from damp in the winter. The moraine is intended to provide these requirements, and can be made quite cheaply anywhere in the rock garden. Plants requiring very diverse kinds of soil may thus, with great effect, be grown in close proximity.
Making the Moraine
An ideal and natural position for the moraine would be in the sun at the lower end of a miniature valley between 2 rocky spurs, the gorge gradually expanding into a flat bed of scree with occasional boulders strewn over it. The extent of the moraine will vary in proportion to the size of the whole rock garden. If the latter is large, the moraine may cover an area of many square yards (square metres); on the other hand, it may be nothing more than a small, well-drained pocket or crevice filled with moraine mixture in which a single specimen is grown.
To construct the moraine, dig out about 30 inches (75cms) of the soil and make the bottom of the basin or trench slope slightly towards the front: the slope must not be too steep or the moraine will become over-dry in summer. The lower 10 inches (25cms) must be made water-tight by means of puddling with clay or by means of cement. Make an outlet in front, which when closed keeps about 10 inches (25 cms) of water, but not more, in the lowest parts of the basin, while when the outlet is open no water can remain in the basin. Now cover the bottom of the trench with about 10 inches (25 cms) of rubble, stones, or any material that will afford good drainage. Above this place another 6 inches (15 cms) or so of smaller stones roughly 2 inches (5 cms) in diameter; these will fill the gaps between the larger stones and prevent the small grit above from sinking through and blocking the drainage. The hollow is then filled up with a mixture of stone chips and gravel. Over this again is thrown a covering, an inch or so (2.5 cm) in thickness, formed of a mixture of equal parts of ordinary garden soil, leaf mould, and small stone chips similar to those used in frosty weather for sprinkling on wood-paved roads. Limestone or sandstone chips are excellent and easily obtained; flint chips should not be used, as they do not conserve moisture. Place a few boulders in the moraine to break up the surface and to give the plants some protection. A natural trickle of water may be led into the top of the moraine, or each day sufficient moisture may be given from a watering-can to cause an overflow from the outlet at the bottom. From November to May, when no additional moisture is needed in the moraine, the outlet should be left open.
The overflow from the moraine may be led into a small pool, which will add great charm to the rock garden, and is easy to construct while the garden is being made. In it may be grown rushes and small water plants, while the overflow from it will provide an excellent situation for bog plants or for any alpines loving plenty of moisture. When planting, the gardener should remember the conditions under which each plant lives in its native state, and should set it in the rock garden accordingly. Many plants that have proved failures in the rock garden proper will, on transplantation to the moraine, flourish.
The inhabitants of the moraine are not so rampant as many alpines grown in the rock garden proper, but for all that, the more vigorous should be kept in check. A light top-dressing of equal parts of loam, leaf-mould, and stone chips will be required in spring and again in early autumn.
Protection of Plants in Winter
Plants whose leaves are covered with fluff or down are, when in their natural haunts, usually protected from damp during the winter by a coat of snow. When they are grown out of doors in England, they must, therefore, be given a covering of glass during the winter months: that is, from the middle of October to the beginning of March. When the plant is a small one nestling in a crevice between the rocks, it is often possible to cover it with a sheet of glass resting on the surrounding rocks; but when this cannot be done, 4 pieces of stiff galvanized wire should be inserted firmly in the ground and bent over at the top to hold the glass plate securely in position over the plant. If the weather is especially severe or the plant very delicate, 4 additional pieces of glass may be set in the soil and supported by the wires so as to form 4 walls protecting the plant. Sufficient space between the glass roof and the tops of the 4 walls should be left for adequate ventilation (but not enough to admit the rain or snow) or the plants will be liable to damp-off. Hand-lights and bell-glasses may also be used, but in all cases adequate ventilation should be provided. The frost will often raise the plants from the soil, especially those planted the previous autumn. In spring, therefore, each plant should be carefully scrutinized, and, if necessary, gently pressed down into the soil. Dead leaves must be removed from around the plants, and a top-dressing of fine, sandy loam and leaf-mould should be sifted round and close up to the crowns.
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Plant Colour Wheel Uses Uses of Bedding |
Nursery of Nursery of Damage by Plants in Chilham Village - Pages Pavements of Funchal, Madeira Identity of Plants Ron and Christine Foord - 1036 photos only inserted so far - Garden Flowers - Start Page of each Gallery |
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Control of Pests (Aphids, Rabbits, Deer, Mice, Mole, Snails) / Disease by Companion Planting in Garden |
Whether your Heavy Clay or Light Sandy / Chalk Soil is excessively Alkaline (limy) / Acidic or not, then there is an Action Plan for you to do with your soil, which will improve its texture to make its structure into a productive soil instead of it returning to being just sand, chalk, silt or clay. |
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Blood-red |
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Brown Nut-meg Wood |
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Pine Glade Yellow |
Canary-Yellow |
Brow-ser Brown Caram-el |
Brown Heat-land |
Faded Red Roses |
Light Pink Salmon |
Flex-eril Pink |
Faded Red |
Fresh Red Egg-plant |
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Green Fabula Fabul-ae |
Verdun Green |
Lars-beck Green |
Pale Green |
Green Lime-ade |
Bone Yellow |
Peach-Orange |
Deep Orange Saffron |
Flat-pink |
Pink |
Forbid-den Mag-enta |
Mauve Red |
Dried Red Blood |
Red Bruisin |
Plain Red Jane |
Frankie The Green Lizard |
Lily Pad Green |
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Aurora Borealis Green |
Off-white Green |
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Dingy Mauve Purple |
I Dont Purple Now |
True Purple |
Royal Purple |
Purple Beet |
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Swamp Muck Green |
Irish Flag Green |
Green Bonsai |
High-land Green |
Weak Green |
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Deeper Pink |
Mag-enta Shifts |
What Hur Violet? |
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Purple Cali-hoe |
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Her-man the Worm'n Green |
Star-bucks Green |
US Mint Greens |
Putt-ing Green |
Whisp-er Blue |
Baby Blue |
Dodger Blue |
Celest-ial Blue |
Laven-der Blue |
Mauve |
Ameth-yst Purple |
Gurple Purple |
Blue Plum Wine |
Mardi Gras Purple |
Deep Mag-enta |
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Likely Green |
Fun Green |
Pen Green |
Winter-green |
Light Cyan Blue |
Um Sunken Pool Blue |
Dell Blue |
Blue Gray |
Praise Blue |
Blue-bell |
Purple The Symbol |
Blue Serene Spirit |
Violet |
The Purple Bands |
Grape Mag-enta |
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Neon Avocado Green |
Minty (Bright Green) |
Near Lime Green |
Green Haze |
Aqua-marine Blue |
Blue Aqua |
Patina Blue |
Dark Mid-night Blue |
Dark-ening Blue Sky |
Cobalt Blue |
Blue Peri-winkle |
Blue Kimb-erly |
Purpl-ish Blue |
Anot-her Purple |
Purple Rasp-berry |
Pure Bright-ness Purple |
Spring Green |
Under The Blue Sea |
Crayola Green Sham-rock |
Cyan Blue Shift |
Lighter Turqu-oise Blue |
Gareen Light Green |
Rain-forest Green |
Skinny Blue |
Dar Powder Blue |
Royal Blue |
Sophie Blue |
Blue (pig-ment) |
Blue Steely Eyes |
A Blue Popple Eater |
Look to the Purple Sky |
Blue Safe |
Light Teal Blue |
Aphro-dite's Blue Robe |
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Robin Egg Blue |
Gentle Green |
Blue Stone |
Green Dirty Oil |
Curious Blue |
Blue Mariner |
Blue |
Blue For You |
Navy Blue |
French Blue |
Mid-night Blue |
Put the Bass in the Blues |
Corn-flower Blue |
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Sky Blue |
Blue Splish |
Pole Blue |
Iris Blue |
Blue Below |
Covie Blue |
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Azure Rad-iance Blue |
Kiblupa Blue |
Blue Electric |
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Copied from Ivydene Gardens Rock Garden Plants Suitable for Small Gardens in Colour Wheel Gallery: Introduction |
Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Garden Society is a club of plant lovers living near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, who visit, study, photograph, draw and grow alpine plants, bog dwellers and woodlanders, whether native or exotic. We encourage the propagation and distribution of plants.
List of Desirable Plants (from Vancouver Island Rock Asterisks following entries in the list denote plants known to the author from local gardens. Double asterisks indicate species which have done particularly well in the author's rock garden which is located mostly on south-facing slopes. No, or only short-term experience is available for the unmarked species, but they are expected to perform well and should be tried wherever obtainable.
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