Alpine plants

% Top plants for an alpine rock garden %

Alpine Plants combine perfectly with hardy succulents for trough gardens, rockeries, crevices and craggs

Alpine Rockeries are miniature landscapes filled with an exquisite variety of alpine plants that have adapted to survive in harsh conditions. This post contains an affiliate link that adds no extra cost to you.

As glaciers recede in the Italian Alps, a shift toward grasslands is threatening native herbs like Artemisia genipi, a key ingredient in the region’s traditional liqueurs.

Transforming a dull slope into a beautiful rock garden is easy when you chose the right plants. Here, a colorful selection of Dianthus (Pink), Phlox subulata (Creeping Phlox), Aubrieta (Rock Cress), Euphorbia (Spurge), Stachys byzantina (Lamb's Ears), and Helianthemum (Rock Rose) create an eye-catching display.

These rock garden ideas work for various landscapes, from stone walls and inclines to crevices perfect for tucked-in plantings.

Alpine Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)

Aubrieta is a carpeting plant that produces masses of purple flowers in late spring. It has rough, hairy leaves and can be any tone from pale lilac to deep violet.

% How to: build and plant an alpine rock garden %

Why not add an Alpine rockery to your garden or turn your garden completely into an Alpine one? Here are great alpine garden design ideas.

Who hasn't marveled at a dandelion that thrives as it grows from a tiny crack in the pavement? Or more improbably, a tree growing from a rocky outcrop? It makes us stop and reconsider what we know about growth requirements for plants.

20 Beautiful Rock Garden Design Ideas