Crevice Gardening ......in defence of rock.....

[Tim Ingram]

Steve - I think finding a source with having to take out a mortgage is the problem! I did find a stone merchants down in Southampton but can't remember the details at the moment. I held back from going ahead with ordering any because, as usual, I have to many projects on the go. But I never forget a wonderful tufa garden Alan Furness was constructing at the time of the 2001 Conference at Edinburgh, and wished I could just pick it up and put it in the back of the car!!

[Neil]

http://www.milesstone.co.uk/price-list/ at Eastleigh in Hampshire £400 per tonne they have quite a big delivery area but they also use Palletline for longer delivery journerys.

Stonescapes, Cranleigh Surrey 01483 278328

[Leiomerus]

Hello,

This is my little, brand new crevice rock garden. Now it is only planted with some Saxifraga plants and Primula auricula hybrids, but I intend to plant it with many other species, mostly cushion forming species. Like Androsace, Draba, Dionysia, Arenaria and Acantholimon. Androsace and especially Dionysia I will try in the spot where there is a roof overhang. In this spot, direction East, hardly any rain will fall on the plants.

This is really a 'crevice garden' but you hardly see it, because I applied many little, marble stones and marble stone chippings to mask the crevices. The other rocks are some granite side-wall rocks, mainly slate side-walls and there are also some bigger marble (limestone) rocks which you see in the higher outcrop and in front.

The growing medium is one third limey soil and two thirds mixed chippings 2/16 mm (gravel 6/10 mm, grit 2/8 mm, lava 2/8 mm and limestone 8/16 mm).

I decided to make this little crevice garden, being inspired by the great crevice garden builders, like ZZ.

Greetings from Leiomerus

[Maggi Young]

Hello Leiomerus, welcome to the forum.

Where do you live?



I have turned your first picture round for you.......

[WimB]

Hello,

This is my little, brand new crevice rock garden. Now it is only planted with some Saxifraga plants and Primula auricula hybrids, but I intend to plant it with many other species, mostly cushion forming species. Like Androsace, Draba, Dionysia, Arenaria and Acantholimon. Androsace and especially Dionysia I will try in the spot where there is a roof overhang. In this spot, direction East, hardly any rain will fall on the plants.

This is really a 'crevice garden' but you hardly see it, because I applied many little, marble stones and marble stone chippings to mask the crevices. The other rocks are some granite side-wall rocks, mainly slate side-walls and there are also some bigger marble (limestone) rocks which you see in the higher outcrop and in front.

The growing medium is one third limey soil and two thirds mixed chippings 2/16 mm (gravel 6/10 mm, grit 2/8 mm, lava 2/8 mm and limestone 8/16 mm).

I decided to make this little crevice garden, being inspired by the great crevice garden builders, like ZZ.

Greetings from Leiomerus

Hello, Leiomerus

Fancy meeting you here too! Welcome to this wonderful forum...very nice crevice garden you have there!

[Leiomerus]

Thanks Maggi for turning my picture the right way.
I live in that big country Belgium with many roads, many strange politicians, few rock gardens and some little mountains in the South.
But there a some others Belgian people here too, like Wim. Hello Wim.

Regards from Leiomerus

[Michael J Campbell]

many strange politicians

We have lots of those, anyone like to import a few,? no CITES cert required. 

[WimB]

many strange politicians

We have lots of those, anyone like to import a few,? no CITES cert required. 

Maybe we can arrange a swap, Michael   

[krisderaeymaeker]

Hello,
This is my little, brand new crevice rock garden. Now it is only planted with some Saxifraga plants and Primula auricula hybrids, but I intend to plant it with many other species, mostly cushion forming species. Like Androsace, Draba, Dionysia, Arenaria and Acantholimon. Androsace and especially Dionysia I will try in the spot where there is a roof overhang. In this spot, direction East, hardly any rain will fall on the plants.
This is really a 'crevice garden' but you hardly see it, because I applied many little, marble stones and marble stone chippings to mask the crevices. The other rocks are some granite side-wall rocks, mainly slate side-walls and there are also some bigger marble (limestone) rocks which you see in the higher outcrop and in front.
The growing medium is one third limey soil and two thirds mixed chippings 2/16 mm (gravel 6/10 mm, grit 2/8 mm, lava 2/8 mm and limestone 8/16 mm).
I decided to make this little crevice garden, being inspired by the great crevice garden builders, like ZZ.
Greetings from Leiomerus

Like your new crevice Jan ! Please show us more when the plants start to grow and  develop.
I think most of us start to build a crevice ....I build one myself previous year  :  http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=428.0

[Maggi Young]

But there a some others Belgian people here too

  We have many Belgian friends here ...... you will not be lonely!

[Leiomerus]

I will certainly post some pictures in the future of the progress of this crevice garden, Kris.
When the time is ripe.

Nice crevice garden of your self Kris.
Belgians are everywhere.

The only drawback about a crevice garden is that you need a large amount of stones, and nowadays this is expensive stuff.
Hmmm, a new rock garden lasts longer than a new car ...

[Tim Ingram]

Kris - I saw on your photos a vertical tufa garden, presumably inspired by Harry Jans wonderful garden. I don't know of anyone in the UK who has made this sort of construction? There seems a lot more imagination on the continent growing alpines in the garden than you find here! (Present company excepted). Any tips on making tufa walls like this?

[Maggi Young]

Leiomerus... hope your birthday is a good one... many happy returns of the day.... cute baby photo, by the way!

[Leiomerus]

Many thanks Maggi.
And by the way, the time I was born there were only pictures in black and white. Has some charm.

[Lesley Cox]

The only drawback about a crevice garden is that you need a large amount of stones, and nowadays this is expensive stuff.
Hmmm, a new rock garden lasts longer than a new car ...

But you can't attach it to a trailer to go and get more rocks.