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Choose Appropriate Plants 
Only plants that grow among rocks in their 
native haunts, and those that appear at home 
among stones, should be selected for rock 
garden planting. They make such a garden 
look more natural than when planted with 
ordinary garden and bedding plants. They 
also thrive better under conditions furnished 
by rocks. 
Suit Plants to the Location 
In selecting plants for your rock garden, con- 
sider whether they are adapted to the various 
places you have chosen for them. Plants that 
trail are usually at their best when they are 
allowed to droop naturally over the face of 
rocks; they are especially effective at the top 
of a bank or wall. In the smaller crevices, 
tufted plants with rosettes of foliage and 
short flower stalks are suitable. Creeping 
plants make carpets of color in the larger 
soil pockets, and erect plants of varying 
heights are appropriate in any of the flat 
spaces. 
Consider Height and Color Harmony 
Most true rock plants grow less than ten 
inches tall. Plant your rock garden mostly 
with these low growing annuals and peren- 
nials. They look at home tucked in among 
the stones; and the rocks, properly placed, 
enhance the beauty of the little plants. Toward 
the back of the rock garden, however, and 
for accent here and there, use some of the 

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