Any suggestions for easy to maintain rock gardens?
Sue Benoit/North.Ontario/Z4 – Do you have any suggestions for rock gardens that are easy to maintain? Bill Dabroski – You could make your garden all mountain phlox (i.e. mountain pink) including the various colors. I find that sedum with their vigorous growth tend to out compete most weeds. Plus, the sedum usually reseed as well as division being a rapid propagation method to cover a larger space. Asle Serigstad Zone 7 – I grow lots of Sedum, Sempervivum, Armeria, Silene, Thymus, Phlox, etc…. If you plant these kinds of alpines, that grow well under dry conditions, the weed will have to grow very fast. I mix the soil with lots of gravel, and this keeps the soil dry. In addition I have a layer of gravel, 3-5 cm on top, to prevent weeds and to avoid rotting of plants. It is important to make different zones in your garden, with adapted conditions for different plants. If they have good conditions, they will be better competitors to the weeds.
