Growing Plants On Rock Walls

In warmer regions this plant can be short lived so replant every year or two.

Growing plants on rock walls.

Every spring it develops masses of cheerful yellow flowers that look terrific tucked between rocks and boulders. To tough forgiving annuals such as wallflowers erysimum cheiri trailing lobelia erinus and snapdragons antirrhinum majus that reseed themselves from year to. To drought tolerant plants with minimal root systems like hens and chicks echeveria imbricata or other succulents. Plants that do well in a rock wall are varied in nature from small delicately leaved creeping plants like woolly creeping thyme thymus pseudolanuginosus or prostrate rosemary rosmarinus officinalis.

Alpine plants which often dislike wet conditions and are adapted to growing in poor soils are another option as are many wild flowers such as welsh poppy which thrive in poorer soils. Creeping thyme is aromatic like the edible herb but it s mainly grown as a ground cover or to fill in space between stepping stones. It readily grows in nutrient poor soil as long as it has good drainage. Below are some excellent plants for gardening in stone walls.

Hens and chicks are great plants for any rock garden because these small plants multiply as they grow and because of their size they are able to creep into the smallest spaces in the garden to make it fuller. There are many plants that can grow well in the crevices of rock walls so be sure to weed out any tree seedlings or other volunteers that may settle in between rocks. Commonly called basket of gold perennial alyssum makes a wonderful wall or rock garden plant.