Plant a Rockery Wall
Dry stone walls make perfect homes for alpine plants, which create a mass of evergreen foliage and cascades of pretty flowers in spring. Choose small plants and use this planting method to secure them in the wall.
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DK - How to Grow Practically Everything © 2010 Dorling Kindersley Limited When to Start: Early fall
At Its Best: Spring
Time to Complete: 30 minutes
Materials Needed:
- bucket
- piece of dried turf
- alpines, such as: aubrieta (Campanula poscharskyana), hens and chicks (Sempervivum), gold dust (Aurinia saxatilis) and saxifrage (Saxifraga)
- cactus potting mix
- potting soil
Prepare to Plant
Dunk the dried turf in a bucket of water to drench it. Remove and allow to drain. Water the plant and remove it from its pot. Wrap the damp turf around the plant roots.
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Carefully wedge the turf-wrapped plant into a crevice. Fill around it with a half-and-half mixture of potting soil and cactus potting mix. Mist the plant regularly.
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