ROCK GARDENSRock Gardens Overview - 11Many of the more rare and
fastidious of the alpines will not prosper
in the ordinary rock garden. They require
that the natural conditions under which they
live in the wild state shall be copied as
nearly as possible in the rock garden. The
plants to which we refer grow on mountain
slopes covered with loose stones, where the
melting of the snow during summer provides
them with plenty of ice-cold water and where
a blanket of snow protects them during the
winter. The conditions we must endeavor to
reproduce are, therefore: adequate moisture
for the roots in summer while the plants
are growing, but at the same time good drainage;
and secondly, protection from damp in winter.
The moraine is intended to provide these
requirements, and can be made quite cheaply
anywhere in the rock garden. Plants requiring
very diverse kinds of soil may thus, with
great effect, be grown in close proximity next rock gardens overview
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