What to consider when choosing plants for the stone bed
A stone bed should be easy to care for. To ensure that this is the case, you should consider a few things when choosing plants:
- Only plant hardy plants on your stone bed.
- Leave enough space between the individual plants.
- Cover your stone bed with one Weed control(€ 13.47 at Amazon *) away.
- Plant small trees that you rarely need to cut back.
- Note the location requirements of the individual plants.
- Put some evergreen plants on your stone bed so that it also turns green in winter.
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Which plants for the stone bed?
Stone beds are mostly planted with grasses and trees. If you prefer something a little more lush and don't mind watering every day on hot summer days, you can also plant blooming ground cover or drought-resistant flowers in the stone bed. A selection of the most beautiful flowering plants for the rock garden can be found in
this post.In the following we have put together a selection of the most beautiful hardy grasses and trees for sunny stone beds for you. For shady rock gardens, see here Ideas and a choice of plants.
The most beautiful grasses for the stone bed
| Grass name | Height | Wintergreen | characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas fescue | Up to 1m | Yes | Filigree, tall stalks |
| Bearskin grass | Up to 20cm | Yes | Low, green tufts of grass |
| Mountain sedge | Up to 20cm | Long lasting mini grass | |
| Blue fescue | Up to 30cm | Yes | Nice bluish stalks |
| Diamond grass | Up to 1m | no | White ears of wheat in autumn |
| Lamp cleaner grass | Depending on the variety, 60cm to 120cm | no | Nice ears of wheat in late summer |
| Morgenstern sedge | Up to 70cm | Yes | Bushy growing grass with star-shaped fruits |
| Pipe grass | Depending on the variety, up to 1m | no | Light, narrow stalks with elongated ears |
| Riding grass | Up to 1.50 m | no | Ears of light in summer |
| Giant Chinese reeds | Depending on the variety, up to 4m | no | Impressive giant grass |
| Switchgrass | Depending on the variety from 60cm to 2m | no | Some with beautiful leaves |
| Schillergrass | Up to 40cm | Yes | Bluish stalks |
| Zebra reed | Up to 1.50 m | no | Beautiful, white and green striped stalks |
| Quaking grass | Up to 40cm | Yes | Filigree ears from May to August |
The most beautiful trees for the stone bed
Conifers are almost always evergreen. Choose dwarf variants for your rock garden, such as:
| Conifer | Height | Wintergreen | characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue dwarf juniper | Up to 1m | Yes | Bluish needles, bushy growth |
| Mountain pine | Up to 1m | Yes | Bushy, small growth |
| Blue hedgehog spruce | Up to 40cm | Yes | Bluish, short needles |
| Blue carpet juniper | Up to 50cm | Yes | Bluish needles, grows near the ground |
| Japanese larch, dwarf variant | 50 to 150cm | no | as High trunk available |
| Japanese umbrella fir | Up to 1m | Yes | Expensive variety from Japan |
| Low balsam fir | Up to 1m | Yes | Short, thick needles |
| Dwarf pine | Up to 1m | Yes | Grows more in width than in height |
| Dwarf globe tree of life | Up to 80cm | Yes | Thuja variety that remains small |
But even deciduous trees look beautiful in the rock garden, especially when they are in bloom. The most beautiful flowering, small shrubs for the rock garden:
- Dwarf lilac
- Spring spear
- Mayflower bush
- Forsythia
- Blue rhombus
- Kalmiendeutzia
- Summer spear
- broom
- Hydrangeas
- Laurel snowball