The summer’s heat has scorched the lawn, shriveled the shrubs and caused the lettuce to bolt, yet Mt. Cuba Center’s rock garden remains unfazed. It is thriving in the heat, drought and periodic ...

Chances are your garden is filled with plants, flowers, and maybe even vegetables or perennial herbs. But have you ever considered incorporating a rock garden into your outdoor oasis? A rockery has ...

Not only do rock gardens add beauty and dimension to any outdoor space, they require little maintenance and can accommodate awkward or difficult landscapes (such as steep hillsides). No matter the ...

There can be a certain mystique about rock gardens, a feeling that they’re somehow too exotic for the typical backyard gardener. “Rock gardening is very scary to a lot of people,” said Kevin Cretin, ...

A gardener raises plants for their beauty, a botanist studies them for their biology, but in anyone who tends a garden there's the soul of a scientist. Plants grown for delight also invite inspection ...

A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this setting. It’s also known as a rockery or ...

PHILADELPHIA — Fashionistas in the garden like those great big blooms with petals thick as petticoats, but there's another way to go: rock-garden plants. Their flowers are small, subtle, and every bit ...