Dry stone walls have an appeal all their own. We associate them with charming English gardens and the rocky, picturesque New England countryside. Some of the best of these walls were built by unskilled laborers, and there is no reason why the home gardener cannot enjoy equal success when he makes a wall of his … Read more
Hardy heaths, of which Erica carnea and its horticultural forms (named varieties) are good examples, are excellent rock garden plants, are attractive massed in front of evergreen or flowering shrubs, and, in perennial flower borders, provide a splendid change of pace, their needle-like leaves a pleasant contrast in texture. The major delight in growing them … Read more
Not so many years ago the rock garden was considered a very specialized and rather “high-hat” type of gardening, suitable only for the large estate, with its corps of trained gardeners. Today the existence of thousands of attractive rock gardens on small plots bear witness to the fact that the home owner of limited space … Read more