My Rock Garden Wish List...

He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He. -- Deuteronomy 32:4

I just finished putting together my shopping list for the rock garden I want to install in the back yard. I am going to try some trench gardens in the cracks and crevices that are in the ancient stone wall that runs across my back yard. Here's my list, so far:

The old stone wall behind my house

• Sedum - creeping varieties
• Thymus - I have a lemon thyme -- looking for something different
• Lewisia - a new one for me
• Saxifraga - also new for me
• Eriogonum umbellatum - another newbie
• Salvia pachyphylla - a different Salvia from the ones I have
• Campanula - I saw a picture of a compact one in BH&G, but only have a tall one in my yard, to date -- would love a midget size one
• Heuchera - I collect these...
• Alyssum - an old stand-by for rock gardens
• Dianthus - the grass pinks...
• Scabiosa
• Euphorbia - compact ones...
• Lobelia cardinalis - I never saw a compact form until I saw BH&G's rock garden slide show; I have a shady, damp spot that would be perfect

I'm off to the garden center to look for landscape edging, potting soil and wood chips to construct a flower bed in my front yard. I'll keep you posted on the progress as part of my 3 in 30 Challenge. Click on the button to start your own challenge! And see my blog posts at On Planting Seeds for updates on how I'm doing on the front garden goal (as well as my blog organization and menu planning goals).

Peace to all!