Starting a rock garden is a low-maintenance solution for leveling up your curb appeal. With proper care, it can endure droughts and extreme weather. Create your ideal rock garden by choosing the right sizes and colors, and spice it up by adding the following plants that can also grow in poor soil.

What Should I Plant in My Rock Garden?

1. Blue Fescue

This dense, ornamental grass is characterized by thin blades and will brighten up your yard with its blue leaves. They are sometimes green, but their blue color can be brought out if they are planted in sunny locations like Arizona. Consider trimming your blue fescues into sphere-like shapes that will offset jagged rock formations in your garden.

2. Moss Phlox

This plant’s dark green needle-like foliage, along with flowers in the shades of pink and purple, will blend well with your garden. During spring, this ground covering produces longer spreading stems that can brighten up your yard with more sun-loving greens. Moss phlox grows well in sunny areas and tough soils, which makes it an excellent choice for your rock garden. 

3. Coral Bells

Splash even more color into your garden by planting coral bells. Also known as alumroot, this perennial plant has colorful leaves, which may be red, purple, and silver. Together with its spiky bell-shaped flowers, available in white, pink, or red, it can liven up your rock garden.

Once fully grown, they are low maintenance and may only need sporadic watering. Dark-colored coral bells grow best in direct sunlight, but light colors should be planted in a shaded area.

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