Your lawn and garden can be low maintenance yet beautiful through
rock gardening. The best places in your yard for rock gardens
are in exceptionally dry areas, or in water run off areas that
can be made to look like creek beds.
Although it is quite easy to create a rock garden, you will have
to plan well ahead of time. First, you’ll have to choose the
area of your yard for it to be made. Also, what kind of plants
and rocks to you want to use in it?
Often times, small river rocks and pebbles work very well for the
rock garden bed. It looks great to have the rocks be similar in
size, shape, and color, but sometimes it can look good to just
use any rocks that look interesting to you, even if they are not
similar to each other.
The rock gardens that tend to look the best have a rock bed of
small pebbles and stones, with different types of plants rising
up between them. Larger elements will be used as focal points
and shade areas through the garden to add areas that are more
interesting to look at.
Sparingly and thoughtfully adding larger rocks or boulders create
interest and variety in your garden. They also create the
possibility of adding a small fountain or stream. Additionally,
they create areas for you to plant moss or other plants on the
rocks.
After you pick a place for the rock garden, the area needs to be
completely cleared of all debris and weeds and their roots. The
open dirt area will leave you with a space to imagine and create
your unique rock garden.
The first thing that you will do after clearing the area is to
place the plants into the space. The plants will likely be
small, and used sparingly through the garden. They should be
scattered about, and not too close together.
Next, the largest of the rocks to be used should be placed in the
locations that you’ve chosen for them. Your layer of base rock
or pebbles should be applied after that. You can make this layer
as thick or thin as you want, but it should be laid as close to
the edges of the rocks and plants as possible. The plants will
wind their way through the rocks, so having the rocks very close
to the plants is not a problem at all.
Finally, any areas of special interest can be added, such as
water elements, driftwood, old wagon wheels, or any other
interesting and attractive item.
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