Can I see your rockeries please? :)

I have 2 problems in my garden and I think a rockery would solve them both.
1. An area of lawn under a tree that refuses to grow.
2. Lots of ground cover/creeping alpine type plants that I think are spoiling the setup of my border.
The site would be under this tree http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.kirk/possrockery.JPG
The problem is, I don't like rockeries I can't help but think of them as quite old fashioned. And so often, they are done badly, looking contrived. So, show me your rockeries and change my mind.

[ 16. September 2007, 05:41 PM: Message edited by: daisybelle ]

 

Your link doesn't work, page not found.

However, i'd agree with you about rockeries, i'm not really a fan of them either. My parents have a nice rockery around the pond. But i looks so natural now and "overgrown" it look much less like a rockery now.

I think they look good, when settled in but maybe not before.

 

I'd gone and put a dot at the end. Should work now.
Hmm, perhaps I'll have to be patient with it then.
I was thinking perhaps slate might be nice, but no idea how much those big chunks are. Do you think I could nip to Llanberis and pick up a few? :D

 

Mine is very small. (Rockery that is). Only started it last year but I am happy that little plants which may get lost otherwise, look great in the rockery.

 

hi daisybelle, i got your photo lovely garden i like the picture on the wall im thinking of buying one to hide a window on my shed, i dont have a rockery, but the slate idea sounds great more modern than boulders or rocks

 

I have just written a whole answer for you and they would not allow it through and since it took me over 35 mins to do I am not going to repeat it, sorry!

 

Palustris stamps feet :D

 

Tried again.
We have various alpine gorwing areas. The are all in full sun. Alpines do not really like shade so you may have to think again.

This is a dried up river bed. The growing medium is pure sand.

This is a scree. The rocks here are small and the grwoing medium is pure gravel.

This is a glacial end moraine. The building of this was featured in an article in the Alpine Garden Soc. Bulletin.

This is a conventional rock garden built against a wall.

This is an ultra modern crevice garden. This could be done in slate.

This is a mimimalistic area with few large boulders and plenty of gravel, not many plants yet, but it is new.
I do have close ups and building instructions for most areas if needed.

 

And an indoor Crevice garden made from hypertufa

A raised bed area.

A limestone area.

12 inches depth of gravel. Only soil is what has washed in from the path.

 

Pulustric,

That is quite simply amazing! That never all in your garden is it?

 

They sure are and all but the pieces of limestone came from the garden itself,either on the surface or dug up when making the pond or preparing beds etc.
There are other areas too and I am in the middle of making another one.
I would really love to be able to build a vertical tufa wall, but there is nowhere to do it and the cost is a bit high for us hese days, ah well.

 

only a young rockery
but now the tree heather is kicking its doin rather well for 2 years old

 

hi daisybelle
being an older gardener,still like my rockery
gives me lots of colour all year round

 

We had a lovely rockery at our old house it began life as a HUGE sand pit for our two boys when they out grew it mum took it over and had a HUGE rockery all of her own...well huge for my garden anyway!

Not got one at this house but I do have a cute little gravel bed along side the house which gets loads of sun and my little plants have grown like crazy hard to believe it's not even one year old...must sort out a picture to show you all.

Helen.xxx.

 

Thanks for all the really great pictures palustris and everyone else :D
I especially like the modern crevice one.
On the above point of shade though, that is the area of the garden that gets about the most sun. The reason I think the grass isn't growing is 'cos the tree is getting all the water/nutrients, not so much shade-it doesn't cast much yet!
Oh, I don't know. I had this vision of a shady hillock under the tree with spring bulbs etc. But so many factors mean this just isn't working out.
Perhaps I could put the bulbs in the rest of the lawn?