Plants For Stone Wall Niches
Our customers sometimes ask us about plant choices for their newly crafted stone walls. Here are some suggestions from Peter Loewer, contributing editor, with Carolina Gardener magazine. These all work great in Raleigh and throughout North Carolina:
AlyssumsCreeping phlox
Thyme
Vinca
Sedum
Columbine
Stonecrop
Mosses
Creeping sage
Bloodroots
Wild violets
Himalayan sarcococca
Coral bells (Heuchera spp.)
Ferns such as Christmas or maidenhair
Dianthus deltoides (Maiden Pink)
Nepal ivy (X Fatshedera lizei 'Monstrosa Variegata')
Chrysagonum virginianum (green and gold)
List used with permission from Carolina Gardener
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