tree stumps can be filled in with soil and used as a raised area, with something big on the top, like a red yucca or something of that fashion (or a big hylotelephium)
you can make several "steps" and use boulders to retain the sloped soil, to make "levels" and layers, like this:
(random online photo)
or
all of these are from the web, not mine
I think the important things are:
- Sloped to give depth and best enjoyment of plants
- rocks and boulders staged to retain soil and to make crevices for plants
- provide areas to walk on (to take photos or maintain)
- wATER drains faster
- things can cascade and make big cushions over boulders; giving a look of age
- More natural syle
- Allows larger, rounder, more "clean" colonies (compared to crevice garden)
-easier to plant large-leafed varieties
- show off your big boulders :lol:
Or you can gofora crevice garden style.
you can use those slate-type pavers and turn them verticle to give this effect;
(mixbetween styls)
i think this style's benefits:
- stones are easier to transport than large boulders
- don't need to build a 1-sided slope, you can make it lump-shaped
- more "fluid" or "smooth"
- fit more plants into the space
- fun watching colonies grow between rocks
(maybe its just me)
- drains fast
- "modern" looking
- easy to set up... not too much heavy lifting boulders
- recycle old pavers
