They certainly make very good plants for walls @mikeymustard, and there's plenty of them around here tumbling out of walls, and enjoying the recent spell of weather. Very useful plants Up here, it would more often be heathers that would dominate the rockeries
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
No - but we generally don't have limestone walls here either I just meant in general terms - to have that kind of 'look', we'd often have heathers. Plus rhodos, and azaleas and conifers. A typical Scottish garden, to suit the conditions. I think some people do have rockeries, but in general, they aren't properly built. It tends to be a few rocks stuck in a bed, with some plants put in around them
Actually, some heathers are fine with some alkalinity. The Ericas - mainly carnea and darleyensis, although I think there's a couple more, so you could always experiment.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Up here, it would more often be heathers that would dominate the rockeries
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Edit: do people still use the term "rockery"? It feels like a word from that era too
I just meant in general terms - to have that kind of 'look', we'd often have heathers.
Plus rhodos, and azaleas and conifers. A typical Scottish garden, to suit the conditions.
I think some people do have rockeries, but in general, they aren't properly built. It tends to be a few rocks stuck in a bed, with some plants put in around them
Actually, some heathers are fine with some alkalinity. The Ericas - mainly carnea and darleyensis, although I think there's a couple more, so you could always experiment.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Not really my thing either. I've waded through too much of it on hills
The white ones are nice though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...