Ideas for making a rock garden out of a firepit
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How do I do a rock garden and what flowers should I use?
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Are you repurposing a fire pit? As for the flowers that depends on what you are looking to achieve and your location. Do you want perennials succulents,flowers?
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 05, 2016
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Rock gardens are gorgeous but the weeds love them too ! The are are so many flowers and plants the like rocks depending on your zone. Check the internet and look up rock garden plants, heck you could just plug in the term gardens. I've seen many different kinds and some of them would be happy to work as a background for your fire pit...if that's what you have in mind. I'm in what's referred to as the high northern plains in the almanac, zone 4 here but I always plant for zone 3. Best of luck to you and have fun too!
Ann R.McDermand
on Aug 05, 2016
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I would start with fairly big rocks lay them down in any way you choose then put soil around them soil has to be well stableised,then set your rock plants from your area.Good luck
Mary Coakley
on Aug 05, 2016
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Most rock garden plants like good, but well-drained soil, so you may have to amend your soil and add some very fine gravel. Check out my series of posts on a rock garden in Nova Scotia for some inspiration and plant ideas: http://threedogsinagarden.blogspot.ca/2015/01/the-rock-garden-part-1.html
Three Dogs in a Garden
on Aug 06, 2016
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Easy. Throw some garden soil in it and plant whatever you want. Why is this such a difficult issue??
Mfbandit769
on Aug 06, 2016
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I did this plant/ rock garden last year as it was behind our screen house, not getting any sun. We've since taken the screen house down and still get very little sun. I planted hosta's in there. Bought rocks at Lowe's and placed them on top of the dirt. Haven't had too many weeds to pull from there surprisingly as I do in my other flower gardens.
Mary-Beth Flynn Smith
on Aug 07, 2016
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