Landscaping with Boulders

Rock Garden Pictures and Ideas

The rock garden ideas in landscaping with boulders will inspire you in landscaping with rock. Beautiful rock garden photos and tips will make planning a rock garden easy.

When it rains, the natural depression in the top will hold water making it a valuable garden feature for birds and butterflies who need a rough surface to stand on while bathing or sipping.

The plants surrounding this eye-catching stone are red fountain grass, plumbago and the colorful croton plant.

The Blue Agave plants are an especially fitting choice. Their glaucous leaves compliment the gray color of the boulders.

This bluish tint is repeated in the bold fans of the Bismarck palm. The yellow-flowered tree beside the Bismarckia is Tacoma stans whose trumpet-shaped bloom is the official flower of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Crushed landscaping rock, like that depicted here, is an excellent mulch for a boulder garden.

X-Large Artificial Rock For Garden This artificial garden rock is exactly what you need to hide unsightly but necessary elements in your rock garden such as well covers, pumps, pipes or sprinkler valves. Made out of a heavy duty and realistic-looking resin it is very durable but lightweight and easy lift into place to install. Also creates a nice garden accent. Dimensions: 30”H x 29”W x 19.5”L

A mature Swamp lily is sending up bloom stalks right in front of the palm. Further down the slope, a clump of Fountain grass adds its pinkish plumes to the display.

Coleus plants have been clipped into little balls, much as you might expect boxwood to be treated, and used as an edging.

The boulders serve to draw attention to the plant, in this case, a clump of Pygmy Dates.

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