Rock garden plants are also known as alpine plants or rockery plants, and many of them originate from inhospitable mountainous regions where they are buffeted by extremes of weather. This makes them ...

Their cheerful blooms and hardy nature make them a wonderful addition to any mountain garden. Rock Jasmine (Androsace) is a ...

Another option is the alpine rock garden, designed to mimic high mountain landscapes with large upright slabs, coarse gravel, ...

Rock gardens are an attractive way of displaying a variety of small plants including alpines, dwarf shrubs and low-growing perennials. They can be adapted to suit any space – an alpine trough, old ...

They are also very drought tolerant, so they are ideal for rock gardens or for planting in cracks ... level and firm with your fingertips. Arrange plants in the trough, ensuring that any trailing ...

She inspired the names of almost 200 plants, but the reputation of 19th ... new species of daffodils and introduced a striking alpine rock garden, with cascading streams and a fern grotto.

Welcome spring and cre­ate continuous color for sev­eral months with a collection of spring-flowering bulbs. Af­ter planting ...

While the rock garden is long gone ... Farrer introduced many alpine species from China, Tibet and Upper Burma. He travelled with William Purdom, an English plant explorer who had been trained ...

It has undergone major changes and developments in its lifetime, most recently the eye-catching waterfalls unveiled in 1994 and the Alpine House landscape in 2007. The Rock Garden is a vital resource ...

The rock garden is a centre for education concerning alpine and saxatile plants, and how to create effective habitats in which to grow them. The rock garden covers just over one-half acre of land and ...