Ideas for small rockery?

Hya folks, at the moment Im working on a small plot at the side of the house.
Im mainly getting rid of hardcore, bricks, riddling the poor quality soil and adding peat free compost, chicken manure pellets and have included some fine bird grit and fine oyster shell I had, basically to help with drainage and some goodness in the soil.
The ground was infill from the new house build so had lots of crappy infill and the soil was very poor.

Iv still got some clearing to do but am looking for some rockery ideas as I think this part of the garden would look nice as a rockery.
Its south to southwest facing so is in full sun most of the day and has a slight slope by about 10-15" over the 15` or so length and is roughly the same at its widest point which tapers down to about 8` wide at the bottom.

Any ideas on plants and design of a rockery for this plot would be much appreciated.
This is the plot:


This is a kind of idea I have in regards to types of plants:

 

has nobody any inspirational ideas

 

Sorry, but fresh out at the moment.
Ok. First thing , have you any rocks? It helps no end if you want something which looks like the pictures you posted.

 

Rockeries are actually very difficult to do properly without them ending up as Dog Graves ( a mound edged by stones ) or Plum Puddings ( a mound studded with stones ) Thus said Geoffrey Smith ( creator of rockeries at Harlow Carr Gardens )

For your plot I would think Scree Garden rather than 'Rockery' Use the slope to create a banked effect and mulch when finished planting with stone chippings appropriate to the area.

Choosing plants can be great fun there are thousands of possibilities. Best to visit specialist nurseries but don't know your area
Do look at spreading the flowering season, so many end up spring flowering only.
You can go cheap and cheerful with a few quick spreading plants or you can go for many more compact varieties and look for select varieties.
Have fun

 

Many thanks for your replies.
I keep looking at the plot and nothing obvious comes to mind on designs.
I was a joiner for 12 years then retrained to become a website designer and been doing for 8 years now, so am generally good at designing and eventually making it but nothing is inspiring me here, maybe its the shape or that its only a low slope so no obvious designs coming to mind???
I'm a great believer in that, if you cant draw it you cant make it as you need that mental image in your head.

One idea I did think, was to incorporate a narrow 2 curved path up the center (bit like an s shape) with a low wall either side made from small Cornish walling stone so breaking up the odd shape of the plot??

I don't have any stone/rocks at the moment but was looking to order 2 ton of small Cornish walling stone as I'm looking to build walled borders in the back garden later on.

 

So if you have the kind of stone which is normally supplied for walling, why not try a Crevice garden?
And just for the record, it was a different Yorkshire man who coined the names 'Dogs grave' and 'Plum pudding'. The great alpinist, Reginald Farrer. Mr. Smith was a great gardener too.
Will try and find a picture of a Crevice style garden for you.

 

Geoffrey Smith borrowed the quoteI know but I thought he was better known.
Have you seen the rock gardens at Harlow Carr? In need of refurbishment now but were great in their time

 

We have indeed and when they were in good nick too. We were members of the Northern Horticultural Society for many years and went to Harlow Carr on many occasions.
Still looking for a picture of the Crevice garden. Got some somewhere, of my own and the brilliant ones at Pershore H.Q. of the Alpine Garden Society.

 

Hope these help

My Crevice garden just after being built,

Crevice garden at Pershore, not long after being built.

 

That looks really good, would love to see it planted as I would never have even thought about that kind of idea *NICE*:luv:

 

Have got better ones than this, but not found them!

 

I really like that idea :luv: