Best Plants for Rock Gardens

Rock gardens are enhanced by plants that thrive in well-drained, rocky soils and provide vibrant color and texture.  These resilient plants are ideal for creating stunning and low-maintenance rock garden landscapes.

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Yellow Alyssum

Yellow Alyssum is a vibrant, low-growing plant that thrives in rocky soils, adding bright color to your garden.

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Ice Plant

Ice Plant features bright, daisy-like flowers and succulent leaves, perfect for adding color to rock gardens.

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Angelina Stonecrop

Angelina Stonecrop has golden foliage that provides year-round interest and is excellent for ground cover.

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Dragon's Blood Stonecrop

Dragon's Blood Stonecrop offers deep red foliage and small pink flowers, adding dramatic color to rock gardens.

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Hens and Chicks

Hens and Chicks are rosette-forming succulents perfect for rocky areas, requiring minimal maintenance.

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Creeping Thyme

Creeping Thyme is a fragrant, low-growing herb that spreads beautifully between rocks with tiny purple flowers.

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Blue Fescue Grass

Blue Fescue Grass adds a soft, blue-green texture to rock gardens and is drought-tolerant.

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Snow-in-Summer

Snow-in-Summer produces silvery foliage and white flowers, creating a striking contrast in rock gardens.

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Candytuft

Candytuft offers clusters of white flowers in spring and evergreen foliage for year-round interest.

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Creeping Phlox

Creeping Phlox forms a colorful mat of flowers in spring, ideal for cascading over rocks and walls.

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ENJOY

"Rock garden plants like Hens and Chicks and Dragon's Blood Stonecrop are not only visually stunning but also require minimal maintenance, making them ideal for busy gardeners."