Verticle Rock Planting

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June 1996

This planting was assembled on New Years Day '96.
It consists of  3 Juniperus squamata Meyerii 'Blue Mound'.
The rock is 2 pieces of lava rock cemented together.
This type of rock is superb for rock plantings, it is light and porous soft enough to work but very weather resistant. Unfortunately it is becoming hard to get hold of.

February 1998

One problem I find with rock planting is that any accent plants and also the moss are not easy to maintain over the year, so I usually replant them in Spring

Spring1998

June 1999

I am thinking of replacing the Squamatas with Juniperus  chinensis to give a better sense of scale.

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