| There is still another use for a customized variety of | | | | utilized as a resource for supplying appropriate |
| the rock garden which has been taken little | | | | growing elements. Additionally, several of the rock |
| advantage of. This is referred to as "rock garden | | | | plants, and even a few of the alpines, may be grown |
| foundation planting." | | | | flawlessly, particularly in a faintly raised bed, without a |
| There are a few such plantings effectively executed | | | | rock anywhere in the vicinity. |
| to feel content that there is a field here which has | | | | While this subject has been raised, it may be sensible |
| not yet been developed. In many sections where | | | | to call interest to another type of simulated rock |
| stones flourish and where ledges of rock gather out | | | | gardening. This is the heap of rocks, sometimes |
| in the grounds around the home, such a planting is | | | | cautiously built up, sometimes freely thrown |
| wholly suitable. | | | | collectively with earth put over them, which is |
| It gives a modification from the usual all evergreen | | | | typically called a "rockery." |
| planting and makes an innate looking finish for the | | | | Such a mound of soil and stone may serve as a |
| base of a stone or a stucco residence. Furthermore, | | | | support for vines, such as English ivy, to jostle over, |
| in the shade of northern and western exposures are | | | | or for a few of the dry-soil annuals or perennials, but |
| surroundings utterly appropriate to many of the rock | | | | is in no way a rock garden, not even a small version |
| garden and alpine plants. Obscured watering may | | | | of one. Even with the addition of a garden fountain |
| effortlessly be provided. | | | | or piece of statuary, this arrangement will not suffice |
| Sometimes the principal purpose of the gardener | | | | as an authentic rock garden. |
| may be not so much a rock garden as a compilation | | | | For the complete design and reason of a rock garden |
| of rock plants. This in itself is a meaningful intention, | | | | is to accumulate and preserve the dampness in the |
| for some of these small beauties are as readily | | | | soil well beneath the surface, so that the far-reaching |
| grown as any perennials, and others are appealing | | | | roots of rock and alpine plants may use the moisture, |
| because of the assorted difficulties implicated in | | | | even though they appear to be growing in |
| effectively growing them. They are as useful as any | | | | completely waterless soil. Regardless of any large |
| other group of plants for their own qualities even | | | | statuary or outdoor water features that are |
| aside from their use as substance for making a rock | | | | supplemented, the moisture reserves will not |
| garden. | | | | magically appear. The rockery, on the other hand, is |
| Often the novice starts out with no comprehensible | | | | an idyllic configuration for not saving moisture. |
| idea as to whether his purpose is to grow rock plants | | | | When the spring rains are passing, the rockery will |
| or to fashion a bona fide rock garden. This is one of | | | | rapidly dry out right to the center, and only by |
| the things which should be decided prior to starting. If | | | | frequent trenching, which would be deadly to many |
| you simply want to grow rock plants, stones may be | | | | rock plants and alpines, can it be kept at all damp. |