Garden Information on the Rocks
A Beginner's Dozen
Jarvie recommends dwarf varieties of the following: Androsace, Arabis, Aubrieta, Daphne, Draba, Galanthus, Gentiana, species Iris, Saxifraga, Sedum, Sempervivum, dwarf conifers and low grasses.
Water, Feed and Weed
Deeply water your first-season scree garden as you would a perennial bed: with a sprinkler, for a few hours each time. Subsequently, water only after about two weeks without rain, or after a persistent period of hot, windy weather. Feed established palnts once in the spring with a slow release 14-14-14 fertilizer or feed once midsummer with a high-potash tomato food: don't do both. Weed three or four times a season.
Rock Groups
Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Garden Society
Calgary Rock and Alpine Garden Society
North American Rock Garden Society
Jarvie's Selected Suppliers:
Mason Hogue Gardens
3520 Durham Road 1
RR 4
Uxbridge, Ont. L9P 1R4
(905) 649-3532
The Perennial Gardens
13139-224th St.
Maple Ridge, B.C. V4R 2P6 (604) 467-4218
Vineland Nurseries
4540 Martin Road
Beamsville, Ont.
L0R 1B1
(905) 562-4836
Wrightman Alpines
RR3
Kerwood, Ont.
N0M 2B0
(519) 247-3751
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