Thymus neicefii and Asperula pontica along with many Iberis are all examples of easy plants that should never be ignored
PrinciPle 5
5. Do not DisDain easy plants
But if we are to avoid “weedy” plants “like the plague” that’s no reason to avoid easy plants. Early in my career I planted Delphinium grandiflorum in the Rock Alpine Garden at the Botanic Gardens in Denver, where it was so much at home it selfsowed with abandon, creating a riot of brilliant blue for months on end. I was chagrined that it was so “invasive” and had it all removed. The next year…no blue. I was never able to re-establish it so that it grew that well ever again. I could repeat this story many times over. Some plant that grows well for you may be excruciatingly choice in another’s garden…. learn to value it!
6. plant plants with similar growth rates
This is the kicker. Nothing destroys a rock garden more quickly than planting widely ramifying 114
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