How To Design A Simple Rock Garden
Small daffodils local wildflowers succulents and brodiaea all make for good additions to a rock garden.
How to design a simple rock garden. Add sturdy bulbs such as narcissus wild tulips and alliums for contrast. After that place bricks around the garden to create a barrier. Create your rock garden.
Creeping groundcovers will soften the appearance of the hard rocks. Rock garden plants tend to be smaller to complement the scale of the rocks. Secondly clear out a designated area of grass weeds.
Use perennials ornamental grasses and small shrubs to add vertical height. Don t focus too much on this remember you re laying rocks. Try to find rocks that have a settled look to them and not ones that look like they were placed there on purpose.
It will give your rock garden a more naturally beautiful look. For this use a shovel and or hoe. Then level dirt to make the ground somewhat flat.
The flowers and foliage for your rock garden should always be varieties that grow exceptionally well in your area. When designing your rock garden it is good to choose rocks that are native to the area that you are creating your garden in.