In early spring, when there is not much going on in the flower beds, the rock garden looks the most beautiful. In April, the żagwin, ubiorek, smagliczka and geese are already in full bloom. One might expect that after a short period of flower fireworks, gray-green everyday life will prevail on the rockery. Jis completely different: in the middle of spring the sunflower and Douglas flame blooms, as well as the bluish carnation.
In the summer, a Dalmatian bell opens its flowers andposłonekThe end of the season in the rock garden is embellished with flowersautumn gentian iTrójsklepki It's also great that you can decorate a very small area with a varied mixture of small but hardy perennials.
We will arrange the rock garden on a sunny slope with a loose, permeable substrate, because here there are optimal conditions for the development of beautifully flowering babies.If we do not find such a position in the garden, we must first do some work.We are looking for a sunny place where we spend a lot of time, e.g. by the terrace. We dig the soil to a depth of about two spades and carefully remove any weed roots.
First put a 20 cm layer of gravel made of brick rubble, gravel or other thick rock material into the excavation. Cover this layer with dug soil. Shape a flat mound and compact its surface.Heavy clay soil should be mixed with coarse sand or gravel beforehand. We are already placing large stones and rock fragments on the surface of the rock so that they can gradually sink into the ground even to the half of their height.
Mini tree for a rock garden
Small trees are also needed to make the mini-format mountain landscape look as natural as possible. Dwarf formspineand juniper are particularly suitable for a rock garden with a dry substrate. Mountain pine
- mountain pine Pinus mugo 'Humpy' - forms a green hemisphere 80 cm high, whilescattered juniperJuniperus procumbens 'Nana' spreads its shoots flat just above the ground. In slightly wetter places,white sprucePicea glauca, growing to a height of 1.5 m, looks very good.
We distribute the stones irregularly on the hill, trying to use only one type of rock to give the miniature hills a natural charm. On the water-permeable ground between the stones, soil can now be scattered for planting the plants.As a rule, a layer of 15 cm is sufficient. A loose mixture of garden soil, sand and bark compost is best.
Between the stones, there will be a lot of partially sheltered places of different sizes, a kind of niches in which all alpine plants will feel very well. Here we can create a small-element mosaic consisting of various species. NEven heavily growing ground cover perennials, e.g. Dalmatian bell andsmagliczka , in these conditions they can limit themselves to their own niche, without encroaching on more delicate neighbors.The dwarf eagle or the edelweiss need not be afraid of their expansiveness at all.
Small ornamental grasses, e.g.drżączka ,common fishifescue sinaloose in the rock garden Openwork tufts of stiffly sticking blades between the stones are a beautiful addition to the colorful richness of flowering plants.
