Rock Garden Quarterly Spring 2012 - (Page 115)

7. ProPagate, collect seed, and share groundcovers where tiny buns and cushions should be left alone. Do some research on any new plant, and preferably put it somewhere you can keep an eye on it. Try to combine vigorous groundcovers, like creeping phloxes, rock and wall cresses and suchlike vigorous creatures together in “rockeries” and try to have all the smaller plants in their own sacred realm. If you notice a plant seeding excessively, try and restrict it to low portions of the garden, or isolate it in a spot where it will not overwhelm. And watch out for any plant that spreads underground. No rock plant lives forever, but many can last many years provided they are not crowded. I have often said that you have not really grown a rock garden plant until you have given away divisions or seed. There are many plants in my gardens that have gone through multiple generations. And there are many that I have swapped back and forth many times with my best friends: I grow them a few years and they disappear, and I get them back. Meanwhile they lose them, and come begging pieces back from me. Many of the finest rock garden plants are relatively short lived and PrinciPle 2 Left-hand side is more shady, righthand side has sunny microclimate PrinciPles 3 & 6 With thoughtful planting, a rock garden can manage itself without needing much interference such as pruning Seven Unheralded Axioms of Rock Gardening 115

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Rock Garden Quarterly Spring 2012

Geoffrey Charlesworth Writing Prize
2011 Photo Contest Winners
2012 Photo Contest Announcement
Seven Unheralded Axioms of Rock Gardening
Rock Gardening from Scratch: Vegetative Propagation - Understanding Cuttings
Newfoundland's Southern Limestone Barrens
William J. Dress, 1918-2011
DNA and the Changing Names of Plants ... and Making Sense of the Dicots
Jennings Prairie
Carl Gehenio, 1922-2011
Rock Gardening Roots
Plants that Dazzled me in 2011
Phipps Conservatory
Rock and Ink Struck into Flowers - A Response
Bulletin Board
2012 - Eastern Study Weekend: October, Pittsburgh - Registration form and details

Rock Garden Quarterly Spring 2012