Тёмный

Rock garden ideas and inspiration - perfect for drought tolerant planting and slopes 

The Middle-Sized Garden
Подписаться 187 тыс.
Просмотров 52 тыс.
50% 1

Rock gardens were an essential element in the English country garden - and even in small town gardens - for most of the last century. But too popular often turns to neglected and taken for granted. Now there's a rockery revival - it's a good way to deal with a slope, to add vertical interest and to grow drought tolerant, easy care plants. Here are rock garden tips from Amicia Oldfield of Doddington Place Gardens and garden designer Posy Gentles.
00:00 Welcome
00:05 The Rock Garden at Doddington Place Gardens, open to the public twice a week between April and September: www.doddingtonplacegardens.co...
00:55 Video on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 • Video
01:37 Garden designer Posy Gentles: www.posygentles.co.uk/
02:07 Where to place a rock garden
02:15 How to make a mound for a rock garden
03:17 Should you use a weed suppressant membrane?
03:51 Get ideas for your rock garden from the historic rock garden at Doddington Place Gardens
04:59 How to choose rocks for your rock garden
07:05 How to save money on buying rocks
08:03 What plants for a rock garden?
08:47 Start with the evergreen structure
09:01 Include vertical interest with conifers and trailing plants
09:14 Rock gardens are good for bulbs
10:38 Are rock gardens low maintenance?
10:53 More good rock garden plants
10:39 Leave moss and lichens to look natural
12:10 Do you need sculpture in a rock garden?
12:40 Look at other rock gardens when planning your own
For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden RU-vid channel here: / themiddlesizedgardencouk
Whether you love English garden style, cottage gardens or contemporary urban gardening, The Middlesized Garden has gardening advice and garden ideas for you.
Weekly videos cover gardening advice and garden design - from small space gardens to middle-sized garden landscaping - plus garden tours and tips for container gardening.
The Middlesized Garden practices sustainability, wildlife gardening and no till methods. If your garden backyard is smaller than an acre, join us and enjoy your garden even more!
The Middlesized Garden Complete Guide to Garden Privacy is available in Kindle or paperback in 13 countries (in English only). If you'd like your garden to feel more private, click here for availability in your country: www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.u...
#gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden
For small and middlesized backyards and gardens....
See The Middlesized Garden blog: www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/
For Amazon storefront see: www.amazon.com/shop/themiddle...
Note: links to Amazon are affiliate which means I get a small fee for qualifying purchases. It doesn't affect the price you pay and I only recommend things I use myself or really think you'd like!
More garden ideas on Pinterest:www.pinterest.co.uk/midsizega...
Twitter: / midsizegarden
Facebook: / themiddlesizedgarden

Хобби

Опубликовано:

 

25 июл 2024

Поделиться:

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист
Посмотреть позже
Комментарии : 125   
@databang
@databang Год назад
Middle-size gardens rock! 🪨🗿🌱🪨🪨
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
You got that right!
@rominaadimari8723
@rominaadimari8723 Год назад
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden please Alexandra!!!! Subtitles in Spanish!!!! La sigo hace un tiempo ya , pero mi Inglés no es muy bueno por lo que siempre me remito a su blog escrito y pongo el traductor, pero me encantaría poder ver subtitulados sus vídeos, y estoy segura de que toda la comunidad hispanohablante estaría también agradecida!!!! Desde ya muchas gracias por todo lo que comparte y enseña!!!! Un saludo cálido desde Argentina, acercándonos a la Primavera!!!!
@MyFocusVaries
@MyFocusVaries Год назад
When we took out our concrete walkway, we piled up the broken concrete to create the base for a rockery. Not only did we save a lot on disposal fees, but we made our flat front garden much more interesting. 20 years later the trend has caught up with us apparently. :)
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Ah, it has! Really great idea
@donnavorce8856
@donnavorce8856 Год назад
Piles of broken concrete are all over. Upcycling concrete can create a nice rockery. And it's usually free if you ask.
@wildberrygarden
@wildberrygarden Год назад
After this hot summer I've been reading a lot about drought tolerant plants and I also like the look of gravel and sempervivums.
@drawyrral
@drawyrral Год назад
Rocks are a very important part of my garden. I love their potential for creating habitat for wildlife.
@pinkpoodle7100
@pinkpoodle7100 9 месяцев назад
This garden is breathtaking! I have already watched this video a dozen times. Thank you for sharing!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 9 месяцев назад
Thank you!
@donaldthomson9411
@donaldthomson9411 8 месяцев назад
Incredibly valuable advice delivered in a beautiful voice.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 8 месяцев назад
Thank you!
@BrendanDean99
@BrendanDean99 Год назад
As always, very interesting, and pleasurable to watch......Love rock gardens Alpines and succulents....I don't have space for such an endeavor, even on a small scale, but I do have a flat roof terrace where I have over 250 pots of succulents and alpines.....No rocks unfortunately, but maybe I could add some hollow lightweight versions made of cement...Now there's an idea..... I love the way you say Good Bye in a musical tone!
@joannmicik1924
@joannmicik1924 Год назад
This could not have come at a better time. This morning, I was staring at this weird little area I have trying to figure out how to make it work (AGAIN!). Filling it with big pebbles, rocks, and plantings will work perfectly. Thank you so very much!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
So glad!
@debbietaylor9750
@debbietaylor9750 10 месяцев назад
I have a rented garage, which backs onto an embankment for the tram. I have 15 x 9 ft deep concrete yard with a vertical wall of rubble and soil and local stone, then on top of that mound is a flat area 15 x 7 ft deep, then a huge east facing wall which must be 15 ft of local stone, where the tram tracks is high up over the top. You look up to see tbe trams passing. So you can imagine very shady. Lots of natural ferns and moss. I am enjoying finding plants for this difficult rockery. I love how saxifraga looks so natural. Ajara with lovely spread and purple spikes. White grape hyacinth took under the euphorbia that was already well established. Pots of hosta on the north wall. .. A shady delight
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 10 месяцев назад
A wonderfully challenging space but it sounds as if you're doing great things with it.
@yvonnehall544
@yvonnehall544 Год назад
Love rock gardens ...seems i love all gardens and want all gardens. . sure going to try an area. Nothing to loose thanks always for these classics. It makes me happy
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@Tibetan2
@Tibetan2 Год назад
What a lovely episode … the serene feel of the rock gardens is simply magical. Really love the wide breadth of subjects you cover.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@amyjones2490
@amyjones2490 Год назад
I’ve always loved the look of a rock garden and I’m incorporating little pockets of rock plantings in my garden.
@maryanna6302
@maryanna6302 Год назад
The Kentish ragstone is so very beautiful! When I plant a full sun drought tolerant plant start such as rosemary or lavender, I place a medium sized stone next to it, the stone releases heat when the day cools and the plant grows happily next to it.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Lovely1
@bluesky7226
@bluesky7226 Год назад
Lovely. I actually have been tending my rock garden on my back slope for many years. A lot of drought tolerant natives and Mediterranean plants. My husband and I have moved every rock onto that site.
@dianepuskas6362
@dianepuskas6362 Год назад
I've used several large rocks in an area where the roots of my neighbor's large mulberry and maple trees prevent anything from being planted. The annuals I do get to grow between the rocks look great. I like the idea of using tree stumps or logs to add to the effect. Thanks again for another wonderful video. I hope rain comes your way soon. We are in a drought as well in NJ USA.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you, that sounds like a good use of rocks. We've just had some rain, hope you have too.
@kathrynmettelka7216
@kathrynmettelka7216 Год назад
What a wonderful sort of garden to contemplate where I live in Central Texas at a time of extreme heat and drought. And we do have rocks, pretty ones in tones of peach, yellow, gray and brown. Lots of slopes as well.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Sounds perfect!
@GardenandGreen
@GardenandGreen Год назад
A front garden is the perfect place for a rock garden, instead of a lawn. So many people have lawns in their front gardens, but rarely use them.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Good point!
@penelopehammerton2907
@penelopehammerton2907 Год назад
Great video, such useful information about rubble, turf, rocks and soil. Got me thinking about an area in my garden. Thank you Alexandra 🤗
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you, that's lovely to hear.
@tammyhoushour8070
@tammyhoushour8070 Год назад
That was so amazing.😀 I love all the rocks and plant's. I'm sure it took a lot of time to get the garden's to look like they have always been there. Thank you for the inspiration. 🙌❤
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@marypalmer2088
@marypalmer2088 Год назад
I live in Maine where it is cold with lots of snow and to me, this would make me so happy to have a small warm rock garden. I will gather some rocks, stones, logs from the river behing me to have even a sunny spot for my catmint that I love. ♥
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
That sounds delightful.
@bobbirubinstein8462
@bobbirubinstein8462 Год назад
Perfect timing. I have a small slope area that has a few boulders and tree trunks and a few drought tolerant plants. I've been adding succulents this year and found some smaller size rocks. This video encourages me to keep going in this direction. Zone 10a, suburb of Los Angeles. We know all about heat and drought! Thank you.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@helenstretton4591
@helenstretton4591 Год назад
I just built my first one today! What awesome timing
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Lovely to hear that!
@LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow
Hello new friend here! Thank you for sharing your garden with me. I just love how it’s all coming 🫑🍅🪴👍together and growing so nicely! I love to garden and I also make garden videos. I wrapping up my 3rd year gardening. I’m sad it’s coming to an end. I have so much to still learn. My plans for my off season is to learn as much as I can about gardening and making videos. I’d love it if we could learn more from each other!
@dwoodbury
@dwoodbury Год назад
The stone walls along my paths attract flowers that find protection between the stones, like violets and Scottish bellflowers. I broadcast the seeds over a large area, but they usually take where the stones protect and support them.
@botanicaltreasures2408
@botanicaltreasures2408 Год назад
In our neighborhood we had some concrete rubble so I put it around the base of our foot bridge to prevent erosion. I need to build up the area with more dirt before I can plant anything, but in the meantime it looks much better than it was.
@carolyncampbell6149
@carolyncampbell6149 Год назад
Thankyou for another informative and encouraging video. My only complaint is that your videos just aren’t long enough! I really like your honest and not too “expert-y” style.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@gardengatesopen
@gardengatesopen Год назад
Did y'all get any good rain yet? Here in Central Texas we FINALLY got 4 inches of rain accompanied by 3 days of cool temperatures!! 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧 It was only 4 inches, but- IT WAS GLORIOUS!!! (200 miles North of me in the Dallas area they got 13 & 14 inches all at once!!) The whole experience made me feel just as refreshed as the plants outside!! Getting the rain also made me think of you and everyone else in Britain. I hope y'all are 💧 ALL WET💧 from rain like we've been!! 💙💧💙💧💙💧💙💧💙💧💙
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
We've had a little rain and like you, we are so grateful. and some seemingly dead plants have perked up.
@gardengatesopen
@gardengatesopen Год назад
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden oh GOOD! That keeps things hopeful in the moment!
@costask3404
@costask3404 Год назад
I love them and they are an ideal way to make the most of an otherwise usable area. After having a big Leyland tree cut, I was left with a huge root at ground level. Creating a rockery on top of it enabled me to have beautiful plants, when otherwise I would not have been able to plant anything there.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Rockery and woodland do go very well together
@stephaniesharkey3538
@stephaniesharkey3538 Год назад
I have one in our new home that I’ve been working on/ in for 4 yrs! Neverending🌿
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Good to hear!
@eaulaosolidaritea363
@eaulaosolidaritea363 Год назад
Thank you again for another so useful video. The names of plants are always so welcome, as was the advice NOT to use a membrane. Impatient for the drought to finish, that so we can start gardening again.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
thank you and me too! We did have a little rain this morning, but so brief
@andreabriem853
@andreabriem853 Год назад
Great gardens with many colour
@katharinedavis4947
@katharinedavis4947 Год назад
Yes I'd like to make a small tock garden at the centre of my little allotment garden. In the centre I have at the moment herbs in pots and lots of bricks and some stones . Probably broken pots too . I think these might make the basis of a little rock garden. I also have some small sedums and would like more of these succulent type plants , lavender of course catmiint, and then some of these little colourful rock plants. . A good project for next Spring but starting this autumn. Thank-you for the inspiration ! K
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Broken pots used as planters often looks so pretty, especially with succulents
@missprettyplants7217
@missprettyplants7217 Год назад
I added a little rock garden and I love it so much! It was a fun project with some free cycled rocks and pebbles! I love the alpine plants/ they are so different than other perennials! Thank you for another great video ❤️
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@carmenbailey1560
@carmenbailey1560 Год назад
Love rock gardens, thanks for sharing your visited gardens. 👍❤️😊
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you
@hardsoulbrother9420
@hardsoulbrother9420 Год назад
আরেকটি মারাত্বক ভিডিও এবং ফাটাফাটি বর্ণনার সাথে পুরো দৃশ্যটি ক্যাপচার করেছো। আমি অবশ্যই বলব তোমার কাছে বিভিন্ন ধরণের আকর্ষণীয় ভিডিও সহ একটি দুর্দান্ত চ্যানেল রয়েছে যা সত্যিই সেরা।
@susanmckenna3882
@susanmckenna3882 Год назад
I do have plans for a rock garden. It is not a priority at the moment. I have a steep slope at the very back of my property, about 450 ft from the house. And I had rocks given to me by someone who wanted to get rid of the pile in their yard, but so far they're just sitting in a pile in my yard. ☺️ Someday..... 🌱
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
A lovely project...when the time is right
@marymary5494
@marymary5494 Год назад
Thank you Alexandra. 👌💕
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@sweetpeasandyarrowaranchdi8327
Another wonderful video! ❤
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@PatriciaG99
@PatriciaG99 Год назад
yes Alexandra, I am thinking about what plants will be able to cope with my dry areas and rock gardens would be a good source of inspiration. Thank you for yet another great video.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@mt2766
@mt2766 Год назад
So many great tips. Excellent point about using local rocks so the effect looks natural. There is a spot in my garden where I’d like to add a few small boulders with ferns. Haven’t pulled the trigger, yet.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Interesting project!
@lenafagan4706
@lenafagan4706 Год назад
Great plant ideas for drought tolerant garden.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
thank you!
@GardenerPhyl
@GardenerPhyl Год назад
The lovely rock gardens presented in this video was brilliantly helpful and inspiring. I thoroughly enjoyed the knowledge and advice shared by your wonderful guests. Once again, thank you Alexandra for creating another fabulous video. 🙏🏻🌱
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@donnavorce8856
@donnavorce8856 Год назад
Amazing analysis and presentation. I've been scheming a rockery in my front garden for the last few months. Your lovely video solidified my plans. Thank you so much for sharing tips and tricks and interviewing so many experts on the subject. My rock garden is sure to be a success. Cheers
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Hope it turns out well, what a lovely project.
@adz5bneweng589
@adz5bneweng589 Год назад
Fabulous video! Very interested in putting a small rock garden in my zone 5b MA, US garden.
@suz4keeps
@suz4keeps Год назад
Inspirational thank you
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@gardenjoy5223
@gardenjoy5223 Год назад
With these droughts the new trend is set.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
I think so!
@RoseMary-vs3io
@RoseMary-vs3io Год назад
This is right on time, I have an area in my garden which would benefit from this, thank you, P.S. It was so nice to see Pozy Gentles.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you!
@folee_edge
@folee_edge Год назад
Thanks!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you so much!
@lesliekendall5668
@lesliekendall5668 Год назад
I use my rubble rock for making borders but have also come across a few large ones that I put in the garden or near the pond as focal points.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Sounds lovely
@NatureShy
@NatureShy Год назад
I love rock gardens, particularly alpine themed ones. Being someone who loves hiking in the mountains and seeing all the alpine meadows, wildflowers, alpine trees, and rocks, I've really been drawn to recreating that in my own garden. Really loved this video and some useful tips that I liked in there, and some things I had always assumed but never heard confirmed (such as using tulips and daffodils in an alpine rock garden. I thought I was crazy for trying that out this year heh). I've used a lot of native alpine species in my rock garden, including some more rare species I found available at our local native plant nursery, such as subalpine larches (extremely rare to non-existent in the horticultural industry), to beargrass, spreading phlox (which is not the common creeping phlox), glacier lilies (looks like trout lilies), subalpine fir, mountain hemlock, and pink mountain heather (the latter I am still trying to find). I also love seaside daisy (beach daisy), western larch, western columbine, pink (Lewis's) and yellow monkeyflower, subalpine spirea, vine maple, and shooting stars. I also have quite a few exotic plants as well, some alpine exotics too, and other non-alpine plants that I either train to grow in a bushy wild alpine form (like azaleas), or tulips/daffodils like shown in the video. I have a dry creek bed running through the middle, and several rocky hills with plants and alpine tree groupings. I try to stay away from anything that is pruned too formal looking, but I do sometimes include the odd topiary for contrast. I also appreciate the self seeded volunteers (or bird gifts) that shows up (as long as it isn't an invasive species of course). I like using blueberries, huckleberries, deciduous shrubs, and deciduous conifers (larches) for fall interest too. In addition to subalpine larches, I also have western larches, eastern larches (tamaracks), european larches, and japanese larches. I adore larches for their unique look in fall and soft lime green summer/spring foliage.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
That does sound stunning, what a marvellous collection of plants.
@juliabinford6500
@juliabinford6500 Год назад
I have quite a lot of very large rock, since my home is on a slope. Barberry, weeping Alaskan cedar, everillo sedge, sedums, and creeping juniper play well together in my zone 8b Pacific Northwest garden. Thank goodness my garden is fairly small.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Sounds great!
@gardengatesopen
@gardengatesopen Год назад
BOULDERS!!!! My husband says I've got rocks in my head. AND HE'S RIGHT!! I'm ALWAYS thinking about rocks and boulders for the garden! Mostly bcuz quite a lot of them came with our property. And I've been arranging them, and rearranging them for years!! I live in limestone country here in Texas. There's quite a few quarries nearby. This means instead of building brick houses, we build limestone houses around here. I also go to building sites where they clad the houses with limestone. I get permission to rummage thru their throw away piles! And they've always got LOTS of good rocks for me to take home! FOR FREE! Since I've collected so many for free, whenever I need to buy a stone or two, it makes it hard for me to be ok with paying for them! Until I get them home of coarse! Then I'm always glad to have them. Alexandra, the photos in your video are STUNNING!!! I paused the video several times to stare at how beautiful the plantings are!!! I also took a screenshot or 2 of some of the stone work. Now I've got THOSE rocks in my head!!!!! Thanks for the inspiration!! 🪨🪨🪨🌾🪨🪨🪨🪨🌻🪨🪨
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you, it is such a beautiful rock garden
@carajoydecelles657
@carajoydecelles657 4 месяца назад
2:46, 😂 and not only am I a yank, but a profoundly hearing impaired one at that! Since I depend completely on subtitles, I totally missed the excellent video captioning where it clearly states 'turf!' And in my defense, RU-vid captioning and the provided transcript both have it as turbs. 😂
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 4 месяца назад
My husband does the transcripts for most of the videos and he, like you, would definitely have questioned 'turbs'. But I'm glad you found it in the end.
@francesmclaren7881
@francesmclaren7881 Год назад
I’m always looking out for any free rocks for adding to corners of my garden.
@ollvebranch
@ollvebranch Год назад
Just what the doctor ordered. Very on point! For me at least
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Glad to hear that!
@patrickdempsey9886
@patrickdempsey9886 Год назад
Goes without saying what great work I notice the rock garden with a 2 or 3 steps or split in two by a wall each which could be achieved in the smallest garden looks better than a few rocks in a corner of a well groomed golf corse
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
I agree
@folee_edge
@folee_edge Год назад
I was going to do a brick raised bed, but now I am contemplating a rock garden in lieu...my friend has a pile of rocks that would be helpful.
@Chimchimenys
@Chimchimenys Год назад
Great video. I wonder how well rock gardens work in the shade? I've got a shady little raised bed in the corner of a patio area. South East facing but up against a fence and currently containing two small conifer lollypops, a large yucca and a Bay tree. Currently covered in purple slate, it looks nice and tidy but it doesn't fill my heart with joy! In my mind rock gardens are very open (as in the one in your video) and are made to simulate exposed alpine slopes. Would any traditional rock garden plants enjoy this shady spot?
@natalie_tn
@natalie_tn 2 месяца назад
I wish I could have seen the brick rock garden that you and Posey spoke of. We have a pile of bricks that we scavenged from a neighbor's property (with permission) We intended to use them as borders and walkway but found they aren't up to the task as they're too old and crumbly.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 месяца назад
I did see it a few weeks ago, and quite a few years have passed since the bricks were dumped. It has now grown over completely and just looks like a mound of greenery. There's quite a bit of using crumbling or crushed brick, stone or aggregate in gardens. There's one at 03:00 here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-swdztVfTqUE.html and some more in this Short: ru-vid.com7HsCDTQn4xk?feature=share I think you could try just heaping them up and maybe speeding up the process by adding some topsoil - or you could do what Posy's friends have done and just leave nature to sort it out!
@natalie_tn
@natalie_tn Месяц назад
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you Alexandra!
@lindas.martin2806
@lindas.martin2806 9 месяцев назад
These gardens are lovely! I live in Southern Mexico with a temperate climate, two seasons. I would like to have a rock garden that also has succulents in a long and narrow rectangular area that has a low slope, just enough so that in the rainy season mud funs down and blocks the garage door. Is it possible to combine things like lavender and rosemary with succulents, and what to do at the end of the garden to eliminate the problem of mud?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 9 месяцев назад
Yes, you could certainly plant rosemary, lavender and succulents in the same garden. In terms of mud, if it's frequent, don't fight it, plant it up with plants that are happy in those conditions! It could be worth checking out 'rain gardens', which are boggy areas that can sometimes dry out. Or even just plant plants that are happy in muddy areas. Beth Chatto Gardens have a 'dry garden' in one part of their gardens and a boggy wet one on the other side of the house, so it's worth checking them out and perhaps buying some of Beth Chatto's books. Even though you can't buy the plants where you are, seeing what they sell for damp areas could give you some ideas: www.bethchatto.co.uk/shop-plants.htm
@MsGGmadi
@MsGGmadi 5 месяцев назад
Love your videos, thank you. I was hoping to find out how to set rocks into an existing slope (quite steep) that is currently grassed over and mown in summer. I have plenty of local stone - should i cut mini steps into the slope first to provide horizontal "platforms" for the stone to sit on, then fill around?? Any tips gratefully received.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 5 месяцев назад
Roughly speaking, yes - there's a bit more about this on How to Plant on a Slope video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--WjJECOF7wE.html
@MsGGmadi
@MsGGmadi 5 месяцев назад
Thank you SO much for your rrply Alexandra. I've just watched the video you kindly linked for me and now have a good idea of how to set about creating a nicely planted and slightly rocky slope!
@DownButNotOutYet
@DownButNotOutYet Год назад
Good morning Alexander, no, I don't think so. Even though a rock garden stay sort of "full" looking most of the time, it is just as much work as your English sweetheart garden. Will you like it, a thought came to me, if you are going to change, look at the plants at the Nursery and see will I love these for many years, do I really wish to change the garden fashion scene, many factors that we should consider. As much a succulents love hot weather, during the summer storms those juicy leaves can get burned and get black marks from hail I don't know, gardening is very tricky!! I have just a few succulents which I am going to repot shortly so they can settle before Autumn next year, they also don't like to be moved about, so pots seem quite suitable as they are small to medium size. Had to smile re the weed suppressing fabric, people forget the wind bring along more weeds to shower your garden and we are back to square one. Gardening is not for lazy people!! Thanks for another most informative show, I am sure many a subscriber will consider a rock garden, but it will be better suited for a large space, I think so. Do take care, kind regards.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Thank you - and I considered whether it would suit a difficult area in my garden, but have decided it won't quite work. But always interesting to think about!
@DownButNotOutYet
@DownButNotOutYet Год назад
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden I came to the conclusion that you are more smart than you show on the programme :) I passed a house on the way to the Supermarket and what they did I thought was lovely. It is a North side facing wall and they planted it up with succulents as it is right next to the or on the drive which will get quite hot. it looked smashing, maybe if I can get to take a photo I can send it to you Alexander. Byye
@Gesundheit888
@Gesundheit888 Год назад
At time frame 13:19 what is that plant? It is so gorgeous.
@hadleybee9199
@hadleybee9199 2 месяца назад
Can you say more about the "upturned sections of turf?" I don't understand what that is. Sod? Anyone? Thanks!
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 месяца назад
Turf is lawn grass. If you're laying a lawn, turf comes in rolls and if you're taking a lawn out, you'd cut sections of the turf out by putting a spade under it. But you don't have throw left over turf grass away. Turn it upside down so that the grass itself is buried and the earth is facing upwards. The grass will rot down and restore its goodness to the earth.
@julialloyd5747
@julialloyd5747 Год назад
We have just started a rock garden and my husband insisted on barrier fabric.Grrr. He also insisted on rocks being positioned first Grrrrr. Oh well. Lots of cutting to done....
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
Well, at least the barrier fabric will mean less weeding for the next few months. And after that, you can see whether it's doing any good.
@joanp105
@joanp105 Год назад
So next to the alpine plant you showed, was mulch of seashells. Rock gardens here in the USA, still burn up in 95 degree days with no rain for 6 weeks or more. There are many parts of this country where 95 degrees is not even that hot🙆‍♀️ seems that most suitable plants would be short and prefer alkaline soil. Ours here on the east coast is mainly rock and clay. High acidity and in a drought, the soil becomes like a solid barrier. Awful with inability to water too much or the well runs dry the past few years. Climate change has been so obvious for years, if only gardeners would wake up to this reality.
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden Год назад
The seashell mulch is a byproduct of the food industry, so it is a nice way of using up something that would otherwise be discarded.
@carajoydecelles657
@carajoydecelles657 4 месяца назад
When you speak of upturned turbs, you totally lose me. Even google won't help. What are turbs?
@TheMiddlesizedGarden
@TheMiddlesizedGarden 4 месяца назад
Oh dear it has even flummoxed me! What time point is it at?
Далее
How to create stunning garden borders - essential tips
19:30
Garden Design Secrets I Learned From the UK
9:50
Просмотров 107 тыс.
Gardening with Stone - Garden Tour with Jeremy Schmidt
30:45
How To Make A Succulent Rock Garden
7:50
Просмотров 37 тыс.
Пов: Несёшь цветы маме🥺
0:31
Просмотров 2,3 млн
АРТ-ОБЪЕКТ СО СМЫСЛОМ
0:23
Просмотров 9 млн
Пов: Несёшь цветы маме🥺
0:31
Просмотров 2,3 млн