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Alpines & Rock Gardens
juudyshouse2012

What is your favorite Rock Garden Plant?

juudyshouse2012
17 years ago

I started a rock garden on a slope a few years ago and love adding new plants to it. One of my favorites is Snowcap Rockcress because it is the first to bloom in my rock garden and it tells me spring is finally here!!! Also, it seems to pop up in different places in the rock garden each year so it continues to change and develop. It's in full bloom right now!!!

What's your favorite?

Comments (4)

  • robin303
    17 years ago

    I really like my sedums. Here is a site http://www.sedumphotos.net/main.php

  • PRO
    Catrina's Garden
    17 years ago

    Creeping veronicas :)
    Catrina

  • Patriz
    17 years ago

    My favorite are the pulmonarias. They are located in the shadier part of my rock garden on a slope. I love their flowers, leaves, and neat tidy habit :)

  • leftwood
    17 years ago

    My "favorite" changes by the year and by the season. Right now it is Pulsatilla turczaninovii, a species of Pasque flower.

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