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good plants to grow in gravel? Ideas please :)




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Check out the group of plants named as alpines - most of these do well in gravelly, dryish sunny situations, as well as lavender, cistus, helianthemums.

22 Jun, 2010

 

Erinus alpinus (fairy foxgloves) will happily grow in gravel as will various of the sedums. Mecanopsis cambrica seeds all over our garden and comes up in the gravel paths too.

22 Jun, 2010

 

This may sound strange but a lot of the African amaryllis bulbs such as crinum and belladonna lily do really well in gravel sand etc because they like good drainage and you can grow them easily in the UK.

22 Jun, 2010

 

Went to Beth Chatto's garden last week. Lots and lots of one of my favourites in gravel, Verbena Bonariensis, in the dry garden. All stages ,up and flowering and about a foot tall....self seeded. The Allium Siculum, and other alliums too.

22 Jun, 2010

 

Sedum and sempervivum will also happily grow in gravel as will some of the small spreading campanulas.

23 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you

24 Jun, 2010

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