How to plant a low-maintenance gravel garden | Garden Gate

With the right plants and planting technique, you can cut weeding and watering to almost nothing! Learn how to grow a low-maintenance gravel garden here. Jeff Epping created …

How to Create a Gravel Garden

Jeff's top g ravel-garden plants. Generally, what makes a perfect gravel garden plant is simple: low water needs, tolerance of exceptionally dry conditions, and at least three seasons of good looks.

14 Gravel Garden Ideas for a Water-Wise Garden

There is a wide range of gravel garden plants that combine hardiness with tolerance to diverse moisture levels. Some tips on how to make a gravel garden will have you on your way to enjoying a unique landscape filled …

How to Create a Gravel Garden: 8 Simple Steps

A gravel garden is simply any garden featuring a gravel mulch. You can build an environmentally friendly gravel garden by using sustainably sourced gravel and choosing native plants to grow...

8 Pretty Plants and Flowers For Your Gravel …

Learn to design a gravel garden that thrives. Find out which plants enhance these charming, durable landscapes.

Gravel Gardening: The Planting Formula to Success

In this planting there are 5% structural plants, 35% companion plants, 50% ground layer plants, and 10% filler plants. The plants chosen are mostly native and are selected for …

Best Plants for a Gravel Garden

Discover 10 of the best plants to grow in the sunny, well-drained conditions of a gravel garden – with advice from the experts at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine.

Gravel Garden Shrubs – Planting Shrubs In Rocky …

A gravel garden is low-maintenance and perfect for Mediterranean-style, drought-tolerant planting. What shrubs grow in rocky soil? When you want shrubs for gravel beds, think of Mediterranean herbs like …

What Is a Gravel Garden and How to Make One

As the name implies, a gravel garden is an area of land where mostly native plants grow in a bordered section of gravel. A sustainable alternative to some other gardening systems, gravel gardens require about 80% less maintenance than a typical perennial garden.