20 rock garden plants you can grow in full sun to partial shade.
Best plants for rock garden zone 8.
When you are growing plants in zone 8 you can plant most of the familiar garden vegetables sometimes even twice a year.
Hardiness zone 7 winter temperatures can dip from 0 to 10 degrees f.
It is a succulent which means that it will not require a lot of water to thrive and it can take the heat of the sun without any issue.
List of the best low maintenance plants for a rock garden.
For gardeners in this zone this means more opportunity to add plants with year round interest into the landscape.
In the rock garden the coral bells s striking variegations and pink and purple leaves add a splash of color even when the plant is not in flower.
It grows well in average garden soil but can tolerate poor soil and drought.
The plant can be an aggressive spreader so it s best in a contained area.
This list of shady but colorful characters should dispel any notion you may harbor that your landscaping is in any way cursed simply because a significant portion of it is not drenched in sunshine all day long.
17 to 12 c.
Creeping phlox produces carpets of blue purple rose pink or bicolor blooms.
If you are planning to buy a shrub perennial or tree you need to make sure that this new plant will tolerate year round conditions in your area.
Sometimes called four season plants they are just that.
The plants also have dark needlelike evergreen foliage that remains attractive all year long.
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Therefore to ensure your new acquisition will survive and grow year after year you will need to compare the hardiness zone of your area with.
An ideal rock garden plant creeping phlox thrives in poor dry soil that drains quickly after rain.
A flowering perennial yarrow is popular as an edging plant or in a rock garden.
Plants that look nice in spring summer fall and even winter.
Try this with cool season vegetables like carrots peas celery and broccoli.
These dainty little plants do best in part sun in zones 3 8 and because of their striking foliage should be located in a highly visible location.
Purple rockcress aubrieta deltoidea this alpine plant carpets the entire rocky terrain with cute bright pink to purple flowers.
The range of minimum average temperatures for zone 8 is between 10 f and 20 f or 12 2 c and 6 7 c.
Sea holly eryngium varifolium.
All the plants mentioned below are drought tolerant evergreen perennials.
The blooms that this plant produces are star shaped which makes them stand out in most rock gardens.
Department of agriculture hardiness zones 4 to 8 need reassurance that they are not doomed to settle for dark dreary dismal and dull.
We know not everyone has the time or talents to maintain a flourishing flower bed year round from evergreens to winter garden ideas and everything in between these plants give your.
