Rock Garden Plants For Shade

The plant needs sandy or loamy well drained soil.

Rock garden plants for shade.

With its purple tinged foliage wood spurge can make a colorful impact in a rock garden. Hakonechloa japanese forest grass. Purple rockcress aubrieta deltoidea this alpine plant carpets the entire rocky terrain with cute bright pink to purple flowers. 20 rock garden plants you can grow in full sun to partial shade.

Most ferns onoclea and polypodium though known to be shade loving plants are most often also moisture loving plants and the drier ground of a rock garden doesn t always suit them. The deer resistant shrub has coarse bushy leaves with shades from dull lavender to intense violet. Rock garden plants rock garden plants are more resistant hardier and don t need as much water and sun as other types of plants and flowers. Unlike most grasses this one grows best and looks best in partial shade.

It s short 12 15 and clump forming and the narrow leaves have a cascading habit. Bugleweed ajuga is a quick growing perennial ground cover that will fill in those spaces between rocks quickly. Grow in moist but well drained soil in partial to full shade. A mixture of plants that bloom at different times of the year and those with foliage that have interest such as striping stippling or uniquely patterned leaves should be used.

H x s 30cm x 20cm. Depending on the variety its foliage is golden green lime green or variegated. It can handle some shade especially in the afternoon but too much shade can cause the plant to lose its shape. The plant is tolerant of poor soil but needs sharp drainage.

Plants for rock gardens saxifraga saxifrages are mound forming evergreen alpine plants bearing rosettes of leaves from which tall stems of flowers appear from spring to summer. There are many types of rock plants to choose from but here are some points to consider. The pink or white flowers appear from may to july and it s also deer resistant. Also called deadnettle this handsome creeper comes in a variety of foliage colors including silver chartreuse green and bicolor.