Disclaimer at the start.
Rock wall plants shade.
Easy to grow and tolerant of most soil conditions.
Wall purpose if a wall is structural e g part of a house you probably ought to avoid growing plants in it because if there is space for plants there is space for damp to get in and the structure may be deteriorating.
Plant in well drained slightly moist soil.
The plant needs sandy or loamy well drained soil.
Ferns 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.
This plant spreads quickly and needs to be contained.
To drought tolerant plants with minimal root systems like hens and chicks echeveria imbricata or other succulents.
20 rock garden plants you can grow in full sun to partial shade.
On a boundary wall or one held together by mortar with just a few little gaps for planting smaller plants such as.
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.
Plant in sun or partial shade.
It is entirely dependant on what type of shade are we talking about.
Plants that do well in a rock wall are varied in nature from small delicately leaved creeping plants like woolly creeping thyme thymus pseudolanuginosus or prostrate rosemary rosmarinus officinalis.
A rock garden is a garden composed of large and small rocks placed in the soil and highlighted by plants which fill the spaces in between the rocks.
Give it full or part shade humus rich moist well drained soil and not too much competition.
A rock garden sometimes known as a rockery or alpine garden is a planting area designed with a hardscape featuring a selection of gravels rocks and or boulders it typically includes softscape plants suitable to those conditions.
The deer resistant shrub has coarse bushy leaves with shades from dull lavender to intense violet.
Shade loving rock garden plants should still provide color and interesting foliage along with a lower profile so rocks can show off.
Grows 15 to 30 centimetres in height.
Rockery plants are in their most part sunshine fans and shade loving plants on the other hand are heavy leaf growers and might soon enough cover your beloved rocks the ones you want to show off with.
Lesser periwinkle prefers partial shade and slightly moist soil so it s one of the best options for rock or wall gardens located under tall trees.
Use for draping over rock walls in borders or as ground cover.
The plants can spread quickly and are considered invasive parts of the southeast.
Partial sun or shade.
Up to 6 inches tall.
Purple rockcress aubrieta deltoidea this alpine plant carpets the entire rocky terrain with cute bright pink to purple flowers.
