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Landscape Theme

Rock Garden

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Naturalized Area

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Mass Planting

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Butterflies

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Rock & Water Garden

Rock & water garden

Spring

Rock & water garden Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Japanese Maple Cultivars Acer palmatum 'Green Cascade' leaf
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Ground Pink Phlox subulata
Salvia greggii Autumn Sage Red Chihuahuan Sage Texas Sage Form of 'wild thing'
Veronica peduncularis Speedwell Veronica Veronica peduncularis
Description

Name: Rock & Water Garden

Open to the public: No

County: 

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

Extension Demonstration Garden? No

Approximate year the garden/landscape was established: 2014

What to look for: Large boulders and rocky outcrops on the property need not be a hindrance to gardening. They can be turned into a feature. A natural rock outcropping provided a wonderful opportunity to develop a very garden among the rocks. The rocks were high enough to add a waterfall that flows down to a Koi pool. 

Horticulture: A few rocks were moved from other parts of the yard to supplement the existing rocks. Compost and topsoil were added in places where plant roots would need deeper soil to grow well. A net is kept over the fish pool to protect the Koi from hungry herons.


 

Rock & water garden

Spring

Rock & water garden Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Japanese Maple Cultivars Acer palmatum 'Green Cascade' leaf
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Ground Pink Phlox subulata
Salvia greggii Autumn Sage Red Chihuahuan Sage Texas Sage Form of 'wild thing'
Veronica peduncularis Speedwell Veronica Veronica peduncularis
Rock & Water Garden

Spring

Rock & Water Garden Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Rock & water garden

Spring

Rock & Water Garden Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Betula pendula Common Birch European Birch European Weeping Birch form
Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush Summer Lilac Buddleia davidii
Paeonia hybrids Garden Peony Herbaceous Peony Hybrid Peony Paeonia 'Paul M. Wilder'
Rock garden adds year round interest

Fall

Rock garden adds year round interest Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Evergreen aucuba looks good all year

Fall

Evergreen aucuba looks good all year Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Aucuba japonica Aucuba Blotched-Leaved Laurel Gold Dust Aucuba japonia leaves
Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush Summer Lilac Buddleia davidii
Late fall many plants are going dormant

Fall

Late fall many plants are going dormant Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Rhododendron Azalea Rhododendron Rosebay Rhododendron spp.
Rock & water garden

Spring

Rock & water garden Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Japanese Maple Cultivars Acer palmatum 'Green Cascade' leaf
Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Flowering Moss Ground Pink Phlox subulata
Salvia greggii Autumn Sage Red Chihuahuan Sage Texas Sage Form of 'wild thing'
Veronica peduncularis Speedwell Veronica Veronica peduncularis
Rock & Water Garden

Spring

Rock & Water Garden Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Rock & water garden

Spring

Rock & Water Garden Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Betula pendula Common Birch European Birch European Weeping Birch form
Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush Summer Lilac Buddleia davidii
Paeonia hybrids Garden Peony Herbaceous Peony Hybrid Peony Paeonia 'Paul M. Wilder'
Rock garden adds year round interest

Fall

Rock garden adds year round interest Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Evergreen aucuba looks good all year

Fall

Evergreen aucuba looks good all year Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Aucuba japonica Aucuba Blotched-Leaved Laurel Gold Dust Aucuba japonia leaves
Buddleja davidii Butterfly Bush Orange-Eyed Butterfly Bush Summer Lilac Buddleia davidii
Late fall many plants are going dormant

Fall

Late fall many plants are going dormant Garden age: 5 years Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0
Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Rhododendron Azalea Rhododendron Rosebay Rhododendron spp.