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Rock gardens
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:23 am
by coakes50
I posted in the wrong area, oh, anyway, is it possible to add mulch to a rock garden. Most plants look great, but the greener plants, like the snowflake candy tuft, have dried out.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:58 pm
by The Helpful Gardener
Add water, not mulch...
THink of what they would get on that rocky mountainside; more humus is not it...
HG
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:50 pm
by grandpasrose
Scott is right water is what would be the optimal answer.
However, not everyone can keep adding lots of water to every thing, (like me!
). I do add mulch to my rock garden. I mulch everything! You need to pay attention to what would look appropriate in your particular site though - don't pile on heaps of straw - but some chopped leaves, or cocoa bean shells etc. would be okay.
VAL
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:12 pm
by The Helpful Gardener
Cocoa hulls are VERY humic and a little would go a long way...good call Val!
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:06 pm
by grandpasrose
Thanks Scott.
Also, you may find that with some rockery plants, candytuft is one of them, they do better after you give them a little haircut. They do tend to get a little dried out and ugly looking later in the season. If you trim them a bit, they will branch out and give you some more green. Mulch will certainly not hurt though!