How To Make A Rock Garden On A Shady Slope
Depending on the slopes height you may need help from a professional landscaper as drainage soil retention and plant support will be affected.
How to make a rock garden on a shady slope. Ensure that soil is appropriate for your plants. If the slope is too steep which is possible and may create a base for an interesting design place big slabs of stone or boulders to prevent soil wash-out from the garden. The soil will drain quickly on a berm so treat it like a rock garden and use plants such as creeping phlox alpines perennial geraniums and tiny bellflowers.
Use perennials ornamental grasses and small shrubs to add vertical height. If you live in a region dominated by drought you may even wish to build a rock garden on flat land planting the rock crevices with drought-tolerant plants to form a xeriscape. You may have to bring in some good garden soil if the area has already lost its topsoil.
Add compost to enrich poor soil. A vegetable garden on a steep slope is a great place to add vines. If you have a warm climate you can grow passion fruit melon and kiwis on your trellis.
Add sturdy bulbs such as. If necessary install perforated pipe through the center to move excess moisture away from plant roots. For a gentle slope or berm that connects a wooded area with your open lawn create a smooth transition with groundcovers that naturalize and create a colorful carpet.
There is no distinguishable pattern to the colours but the random placement of plants work because the hues are complementary. This will keep the slope stable and retain soil. You may utilize rocks in developing a step but nevertheless it must have a minimum of one flat side.
When developing a rock garden for shade make sure the site drains well. Then use a dry-stack method and order the rocks from largest and flattest at the base to widest smoothest and best-looking stones for the top. Building a rock garden on a natural slope is more challenging compared to building on a flat surface.