September 21, 2009
Proper Boulder Planting in Hardscape Landscapes
Okay, probably laughing rt now, saying,”Proper Boulder Planting? You’ve kidding!” no, serious. pe yr boulders yard difference bn yard bunch rocks thrown nice, aesthetically pleasingyard. Te rules.
The nr rule is, plant rocks! Don’t leave ground. Ty look fell truck. rock he ¼ 1/3 buried soil smoothed them. Rocks natural Statelook way, they’ve te centuries soil accumulating ad them.
Secondly, rocks row. he seen rocks naturalSay lined soldiers? Never! Randomness important. Plant irregular groupings rocks, intersperse wonderful drought tolerant plants them. Oe he rock itself, again, lot repetitious. Wn rocks group, careful plant tops even. Again, helps aTiny random. Ss gp me rr close base slope establish planting above. aTiny dirt cascade bn rocks. row rocks looks strafing run avoided.
Sometimes fd rt rocks, ty placed close se plane (I know, jt told that, bear me) look rock tt broken. That’s pretty cool.
Watch color texture rocks. It’s ones similar close another. effective tg fs rocks se plane. necessarily lined up, staggered plane. or words, ft surface individual rocks upright fm bottom, angle fm side. Repeat se se angle, don’t line rocks up.
So te he it. se basic ideas assist yr hardscape design. However, lesson proper rock placement similar son’s experience fine wine. oe ad vintner tell wt wine was. answer succinct; “If it, wine.” se true rockscape. it, gd design.
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