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Grow your Own Rocks

By on August 31, 2009 in Alpine Garden, Garden Design

Artificial rocks can be created cheaply and easily if you make your own from Hypertufa. Make a batch of rocks by digging several holes in the ground the size and rough shape you want the rocks to be. Line the holes roughly with thick polythene, do not worry about the odd crease and fold as [...]

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Plant Autumn Crocus

By on August 16, 2009 in Alpine Garden, Flowers and Plants

From obenson flickr I have just bought and planted some Autumn ‘Crocus Speciosus’ AGM that were part of a birthday present. Flowering bright blue are about 4 inches tall. I hope to see the blue veined flowers with  deep yellow stamen  by October  followed by leaves in spring. The thin flowering stems find it difficult [...]

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Rockery and Rock Gardens

By on July 11, 2009 in Alpine Garden, Garden Design

If you are planning to build a rock garden (and I suggest you do need to plan) then here are a few tips that will help you avoid some of the problems I have encountered. Rock Garden Tips Modern rock gardens can be a collection of standing stones looking like abstract sculptures, a formal Zen [...]

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Campanula for the Rockery

By on June 11, 2009 in Alpine Garden, Flowers and Plants

The bell flowers of Campanula come in many sizes upto 15 foot tall in the case of Campanula pyramidalis grown as a pot plant. The smaller low growing plants are more suitable for the Rockery or Alpine garden. The above example is growing in the space at the top of a low retaining wall and [...]

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Container Gardeners Tips

By on May 29, 2009 in Alpine Garden, Green Gardening, Tips Hints and Ideas

Silver champagne buckets or plain galvanised steel, there is a container for every purpose. These Pansies contrast with the brick wall and almost cover the container. Gardeners Container Tips Wether using a pot, tub, bowl, trough or urn make sure there is a drainage hole to allow rain and water to escape. Plants can drown [...]

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Alpine House Harlow Carr

By on May 21, 2009 in Alpine Garden, Garden Design

Outside the new Alpine House at the RHS garden in Harrogate are these new ‘Standing Stones’. I am interested to see if the planting links the new building to the sculptures but some how I doubt it. Possibly they are meant to represent the Alps or just be the start of a new part of [...]

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Making Your Rockery

By on May 11, 2009 in Alpine Garden, Garden Design, Tips Hints and Ideas

In Alpine conditions plants can shelter behind rocks that give them protection from wind and rain and help with drainage. Try to give your plants similar conditions to there original habitat and they will repay you for your attention to detail. Tips for Making a Rock Garden A rock garden should be open and unshaded [...]

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