Not only do rock gardens add beauty and dimension to any outdoor space, they require little maintenance and can accommodate awkward or difficult landscapes (such as steep hillsides). No matter the ...

Chances are your garden is filled with plants, flowers, and maybe even vegetables or perennial herbs. But have you ever considered incorporating a rock garden into your outdoor oasis? A rockery has ...

Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) is a perennial ground cover native to the Eastern U.S. It blooms in late spring for three to four weeks, is about five to six inches tall and spreads up to two feet ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this ...

Successfully transforming a formerly bare backyard through your own toil and creativity can seem immensely rewarding. Yet, not all makeover projects can or should be DIYed. Otherwise, you may be in ...

It takes a long time to create a good garden. Put and Marion Blodgett know this from experience -- though the row they had to hoe was a bit more rocky than most. In 1992 the Blodgetts built a house on ...

Mention of a rock garden evokes images of plants against a background of stones. But stones also have a dramatic mystique and beauty suited for solo performances of their own. Contrast the emphasis on ...