Grow in moist but well drained soil in partial to full shade.
Rock garden plants for shade.
Hakonechloa japanese forest grass.
Prized for both its colorful foliage and flowers lamium makes a superb rock garden plant especially in shady locations.
Bugleweed ajuga is a quick growing perennial ground cover that will fill in those spaces between rocks quickly.
20 rock garden plants you can grow in full sun to partial shade.
H x s 30cm x 20cm.
Rock garden plants rock garden plants are more resistant hardier and don t need as much water and sun as other types of plants and flowers.
There are many types of rock plants to choose from but here are some points to consider.
Plants for rock gardens saxifraga saxifrages are mound forming evergreen alpine plants bearing rosettes of leaves from which tall stems of flowers appear from spring to summer.
Depending on the variety its foliage is golden green lime green or variegated.
The deer resistant shrub has coarse bushy leaves with shades from dull lavender to intense violet.
It s short 12 15 and clump forming and the narrow leaves have a cascading habit.
It can handle some shade especially in the afternoon but too much shade can cause the plant to lose its shape.
Unlike most grasses this one grows best and looks best in partial shade.
The pink or white flowers appear from may to july and it s also deer resistant.
With its purple tinged foliage wood spurge can make a colorful impact in a rock garden.
Also called deadnettle this handsome creeper comes in a variety of foliage colors including silver chartreuse green and bicolor.
Purple rockcress aubrieta deltoidea this alpine plant carpets the entire rocky terrain with cute bright pink to purple flowers.
The plant needs sandy or loamy well drained soil.
A mixture of plants that bloom at different times of the year and those with foliage that have interest such as striping stippling or uniquely patterned leaves should be used.
Shade loving rock garden plants should still provide color and interesting foliage along with a lower profile so rocks can show off.