Recently, on the garden plots it is increasingly possible to find an excellent composition, called rock garden - it is a hill lined with stones, decorated with beautiful mountain plants.
In order to skillfully dilute your landscape design with an original decoration, you need to understand all the necessary subtleties of its creation. But the main thing is to choose the right plants for the alpine slide, study their photos and names.
Bells
Among the colors chosen for the alpine slide, light-loving and cold-resistant bells have always occupied an important place. You can meet them in various localities, but they are most numerous and diverse in the subalpine and alpine mountain belts.
These favorite gardeners plants, which are often used for fashionable alpine slides and other design compositions, are perennial herbs, occasionally one-year or biennial.
Did you know? The leaves of bluebells (peach and broadleaf), growing in ordinary forests near Moscow, have long been used as an ingredient for salad dishes. And such a look, like the Rapunzel bell, has rather fleshy and thickened roots. - and also edible.Most often, three species of this flower are selected for personal rock gardens:
- bieberstein bell - it represents continuous rugs 10–15 cm high weaved from stems, which carry one large enough flower of lilac-blue color;
- "Osh" - forms compact bushes of shoots, which are covered with small toothed leaves, has beautiful dark purple flowers;
- three-toothed - it looks like Biberstein's bell, but, unlike it, has not so large flowers (only 2 cm in length) of blue color. Often grows in large colonies and does not form dense sod.
Read also about such ornamental shrubs for your garden: dog rose, snowberry, weigela, honeysuckle, kerriya, hydrangea, juniper.
Crested
The wider cultivation of unusual crested hen began with the advent of the rock garden fashion. It blooms before all other flowers, almost after the last snow disappeared.
Depending on the type, it has a different color palette (blue, purple, white, pink and yellow), which on the lower terraces of the rock garden looks simply irresistible. The special care of the crested hen does not require, sufficient timely release of weeds and regular watering.
In addition to simplicity, it is highly resistant to frost and a variety of pests, in addition, reproduction occurs independently. The genus Khokhlatka has 320 species, the most popular of which have long been common in Russian garden plots:
- pionolist - stretches up to 50 cm in height and has a taproot, blooms at the very beginning of summer with amazing purple flowers and belongs to the group of perennials;
- gigantic - the highest species of crested insects, grows to a height of 120 cm, with a taproot, blooms in late spring with dark purple flowers;
- hollow - a plant of small growth, only 30-40 cm with a hollow tuber and white, purple and yellowish flowers; it is this species that is most often planted on the lower terrace of the rock garden, belongs to the group of perennials under the canopy of trees;
- noble - bright yellow, fragile, but rather tall flower, from 50 to 70 cm tall with taproot, usually blooms in late spring or early summer and gives abundant self-seeding; it should be planted on the edge of the lawn, close to shrubs;
- Dense - looks great on the lower terraces of the hills, lawns and under the canopy of trees, the flowers can be yellow, purple, bluish, white and red;
Did you know? Interestingly, in some cases, the color of this plant depends on the acidity of the soil and does not persist when transplanted to another location.
- set apart - about 20 cm tall with a spherical tuber, blooms in spring with beautiful blue flowers and gives a good self-seeding, looks irresistible with other early spring plants selected for the lower terrace of the rock garden;
- doubtful - as well as placed, this crested bird has a spherical tuber; may be not only blue, but also sky-blue and purple, flowering occurs in the spring on the lower terrace.
Iberis
Evergreen iberis will adequately decorate the top of the "stone garden", as it is sun-durable and quite drought-resistant, and this is the most important condition for living on the top tier of the composition.
The most popular variety of Iberis "Weisser Zwerg" - only 8-10 cm in height, blooms with a snow-white carpet in late spring and early summer. 
Kolnik
As you can see, it is perennials that are most often used to create beautiful alpine slides, and among other popular species and their names, it is also important to distinguish the grassy brush root from the bell family.
The homeland of the plant is considered Central Europe, where Kolnik lives on subalpine meadows, forest glades and mountains. Grows from 5 to 90 cm, has a thick rhizome, straight stems and leaves with a jagged or solid edge. 
Kolnik's flower delights with its original shape - a curved halo of purple (sometimes blue or white) color, divided into narrow petals that resemble thorns. The most popular species of this flower are often found in our lands in the decorative "stone gardens" and have the following names: Sheuchzer's color pen, Hemisparicum and Crested.
Important! The collar should be used only in mixed flower beds and rockeries, on semi-shaded areas with loose neutral soils.
Linen
Mainly for decorating the rock garden using large-flowered flax. The height of the stem usually does not cross the 60 cm mark.
Gentle flax is whimsical to light, so it should be planted in well-lit places, but it prefers poor and loose soil. Beautiful delicate blue flowers are perfectly combined with a rocky composition. 
Rejuvenated
In a beautiful drought-resistant and frost-resistant flower young there is also the usual popular name - stone rose.
The plant is famous for its wealth of forms, paints and unpretentious care, it is excellent for growing on an alpine hill.
Molodil remarkably survives not only in stony soils, but also in sandy soil, which opens up great opportunities for the realization of their original garden ideas.
Due to the small root system, the stone rose is able to live almost everywhere, taking root even in places where the rest of the plants will never survive. 
Fescue
Fescue is a beautiful lush bush (60 cm) with sharp blue-gray leaves. Blooms in summer gray-green buds. It has certain conditions for cultivation, namely, the need for well-drained soil and abundant sunlight.
Perfectly dilute the rest of the flowery and stony look with its silvery bushes. 
Poleska
They know how to complement the overall beautiful picture of rock garden small-bulbous plants called "woodland". Their height is only 20-25 cm, flowers - in the racemes, elegant, half-open form.
There are several types of plants, and all, except autumn woodlands, bloom in early spring, practically do not differ in color and have a blue tint. 
Crocus
Another small-bulbous specimen - Crocus - differs from the rest of the flowers by its earliest and latest flowering.
In the middle lane, the buds of the early varieties open immediately after the snow melts, and the later species delight the eye with its decorative splendor at the end of September.
It is better to plant flowers on the south side of the alpine slide, as they have a more modest appearance. The color palette of crocus can be very diverse, it depends on their variety.
For example, in spring crocus, shades range from snow-white to deep lilac, in gold flowers from cream to white, and in Ankara crocus, flowers are saturated yellow. 
Alissum
Another extremely suitable plant for ornamental slides is rocky alissum. The most common types have its features:
- "Plenum" - small growth with small double flowers;
- "Citrinum" - short, yellow flowers;
- "Golden Wave" also has yellow flowers, but the height of this alissum reaches about 20 cm;
- Compactum - has small inflorescences, grows up to 18 cm in height.
Alyssum is quite demanding, it needs rich fertile soil, good drainage and maximum illumination.Important! If you place the flower between warm stones in well-fertilized soil, it will please the owner with abundant greenery and a strong pleasant aroma of its inflorescences.
If you still have conceived to organize a beautiful alpine slide at your own cottage or plot and want to do it yourself, then you will have to study a detailed list of the necessary decorative elements and determine which plants are needed for your planned "rock corner".
