. Book of garden plans. t we use are mostly of an evergreen character andtheir tufted green leaves will be interesting all winter. As far as possible 57 (Contivued on page 60) PLANTING LIST FOR PLAN No. 10 NATURALISTIC ROCK GARDEN Shrubs COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME a. Prostrate Savin Juniper . Juniperus Sabina, var. prostrata b. Small-leaved Rose Box Cotoneaster microphylla c. Hairy Rose Bay Rhododendron hirsutum d. Heather Calluna vulgaris Herbs I. Heart-leaved Rockfoil Saxifraga cordifolia 2. Maiden Pink . Dianthus deltoides 3- Rock Soapwort Saponaria ocymoides 4- Thrift . Armeria vulgaris S-
. Book of garden plans. t we use are mostly of an evergreen character andtheir tufted green leaves will be interesting all winter. As far as possible 57 (Contivued on page 60) PLANTING LIST FOR PLAN No. 10 NATURALISTIC ROCK GARDEN Shrubs COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME a. Prostrate Savin Juniper . Juniperus Sabina, var. prostrata b. Small-leaved Rose Box Cotoneaster microphylla c. Hairy Rose Bay Rhododendron hirsutum d. Heather Calluna vulgaris Herbs I. Heart-leaved Rockfoil Saxifraga cordifolia 2. Maiden Pink . Dianthus deltoides 3- Rock Soapwort Saponaria ocymoides 4- Thrift . Armeria vulgaris S- White Stonecrop . Sedum album 6. Creeping Stonecrop Sedum stoloniferum 7- Carpathian Harebell Campanula carpatica 8. Bluebell Campanula rotundifolia 9- Tufted Harebell . Campanula ceespitosa lO. Wild Sweet William . Phlox divaricata II. Rock Speedwell Veronica rupestris 12. Hoary Speedwell Veronica incana 13- Saxifrage Pink . Tunica Saxifraga 14. Mother-of-Thyme . Thymus Serpyllum IS- Horned Violet . Viola cornuta S8. 6o BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS we put the tufted sorts, as Thrift, in the narrow flatter crevices wherethey will not be crowded, and the drooping sorts where they may hangdown over the rock faces. As nearly all this planting is on a very steepslope, all the herbs used are of a creeping and drooping nature. Theyshould hang down over the rock faces in sheets of foliage; so their actualplacing in the ground will depend on the position of the rocks as found attime of planting, rather than their detailed arrangement on the plan. Between the stones of the path we place low creeping herbs thatkeep close to the ground, as Thyme and dwarf Speedwells, that we maystep over them easily. Horned Violets give patches of color all summer,while at the upper end of the path the big leaves of the Rockfoil seemto terminate the garden. Once you get the spirit of this kind of planting you will add innu-merable little touches, for the beauty of such a planting rests finally inthe attention gi
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