The Art Of Rock Garden Landscaping

| Monday, February 14, 2011
By Leon Mieler


Not every landscape is perfect and getting a rock garden will help in a lot of those areas. You might have an area which is just too shaded and you can't have plants since there just is not sufficient sun during the day to help them grow, or you may have an area that has become too dry simply because you are either going through a drought or rain just won't reach it.

Or, perhaps you've an excessive amount of rain and your land is just too soggy to support good vegetation and has now become really swampy. Rock gardens can help in all of these problem or issues and most are very low maintenance.

Good planning can help any novice to rock gardens, but often a professional's opinion can be the difference between ordinary and magnificent.

If your land is too rocky, then it is possible to just clear up some of the rock and try to arrange what is left in an aesthetically pleasing setup.

Adding some shallow rooted plants can assist break up a large, rocky area with some green. Or, if the region is too dense with rock, then you can build a border around the region with an artificial border, for example railroad ties - or use little plants to trace around it.

A hilly area in your land will cause your soil to erode. Placing your garden in a strategic area of one's land will stop the erosion and at the same time adding an excellent lawn decoration. Bringing in rocks indigenous to your region will give the illusion that the garden is more natural.

An area that's just too dry or maybe has non-fertile soil is yet another suitable location for a rock garden, and perhaps you should even contemplate a Japanese rock garden.

This type of a garden uses sand and rocks to put patterns into the ground and for those who have an really dry climate, this will look intentional despite having a bad spot within your yard.

Shady areas can have a rock garden with plants that thrive in the shade. As opposed to having plants which can be discovered naturally around rock, you would take plants that do well in the shade and populate your garden with those. It's an awesome way to expand on the rock garden concept and have a much more personalized decoration.




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