Plants That Will Grow 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.

Plants that will grow in stone walls.

The best time to fill a dry stone wall with plants is when constructing it so that roots are bedded into the soil behind. On this 4 foot high retaining wall at the front of a lawn the owners have planted creeping fig ficus pumila to grow up the wall. The sedum sempervivum and jovibarba that are planted in my garden rock wall along the driveway are the happiest of all my hardy succulents and i believe it s partly because of the excellent drainage the full sun exposure and the cool root. Plants which can with stand an open exposed site are ideal for the top of the wall.

Yellow alyssum is a low growing spreading plant that puts out clusters of small. The purple ice plant is often used as a spreading ground cover. Creeping fig should face away from direct hot sunlight and needs regular pruning. 33 best plants for a rock garden.

In warmer regions this plant can be short lived so replant every year or two. Commonly called basket of gold perennial alyssum makes a wonderful wall or rock garden plant. While a small niche may look unattractive to use the paving provides a cool and damp area that s often perfect for small alpines or sun loving and compact herbs. Ideas for planting flowers in a wall.

Some such as candytuft are adaptable to all these different condi tions and have no prefer ence as to aspect. Other climbing plants could also be used this way. Also be judicious with prolific spreaders and with plants that reseed themselves abundantly. A bare stone path or terrace can look very austere but most have a few crevices and cracks that can accommodate low growing plants that aren t trip hazards.

As they grow creeping plants will cover much of the wall s surface so don t overplant or you will lose the beauty of the stone. Ice plant delosperma cooperi shihina getty images. I have a failing i love building rock retaining walls to plant my hardy succulent collection into. Brighten them with pockets of colorful flowering plants like this lobelia.

Every spring it develops masses of cheerful yellow flowers that look terrific tucked between rocks and boulders. Jul 17 2014 explore kathy sch s board stone wall plants on pinterest. They do not need a lot of water to grow which makes them ideal for rocky soil that will not retain water.