Rock Retaining Wall Plants

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Rock retaining wall plants. The wall has an overall moderating effect on the climate providing a perfect place for alpine plants succulents and herbs. Benefits of gabion looks cool. Cascading plants such as creeping thyme perennial yellow alyssum and annual white alyssum look very attractive spilling down the sides of stone retaining walls. The sedum sempervivum and jovibarba that are planted in my garden rock wall along the driveway are the happiest of all my hardy succulents and i believe it s partly because of the excellent drainage the full sun exposure and the cool root run in the soil beneath the rocks.

Trailing weeping or vining plants can be utilized to cover a rock retaining wall with lush foliage and bright flowers. How to build a cheap garden rock wall or a simple concrete reinforced retaining wall. Gabion is wire cage or mesh filled with rocks and or gravel to create a wall of some sort which can in turn be used to create a fence retaining wall bench and other structures. Depending on the plants growth.

Another example of the cascading effect of grasses this time deer grass muhlenbergia drifting down over a low river rock retaining wall at the edge of a driveway deer grass is very drought tolerant and easy care. Unique rock retaining wall by the sidewalk composed of various shapes and sizes creating an interesting look. Herbs also work well growing on or near rock walls. Grasses on top of retaining walls give a waterfall effect especially in summer when they cascade over the edge of the wall.

It is topped with evergreen plants which give life to the wall. I have a failing i love building rock retaining walls to plant my hardy succulent collection into. If you do not have much money and can t easily fix stuff you probably can still build these simple retaining walls. The plants in the rock wall were planted about a year ago in the fall.

As you ll see in our collection below you can do some really great looking gabion designs such as different rock color layers or mix the gabion with other fence or wall materials such. Plants that grow over a rock retaining wall.