If you don’t have room for a big garden but still want a small one, or if your kid wants to play with a garden, make a container garden! A container garden can fit any space, inside or outside, and can match your style easily. There are different types of container gardens, like desert, water, and crevice gardens. Today, we’ll talk about crevice gardens.
What Is A Crevice Garden?
A crevice garden is inspired by places where plants grow between rocks. You can make a mountain crevice garden with plants from mountains, or a desert rock garden.
They are great with native plants that don’t need much water. With good soil, a native crevice garden won’t use a lot of water and will grow well.
Crevice gardens can look different. The most popular ones are Alpine or mountain crevice gardens and desert ones. They have rocks, different flowers, succulents, cacti, moss, and grasses.
A blue stand with moss, grass and a large rock is a cool and stylish arrangement with a woodland feel.
A bold and chic crevice garden in a stone planter with greenery and blooms, rocks and pebbles is amazing.
A bold bowl crevice garden with large rocks, a mini tree and bold blooms plus burgundy succulents is wow.
A bowl crevice garden with greenery, succulents, pebbles and a lady bug is a fun and cute decoration.
A bowl crevice garden with rocks and pebbles, greenery and succulents is a cool decoration you can make yourself.
A bowl crevice garden with rocks, bold blooms and greenery is a cool solution if you don't have much space.
A bright bowl crevice garden with greenery, moss and Alpine blooms is a very eye-catchy outdoor decoration.
A colorful crevice garden with rocks and pebbles, hot pink, fuchsia and purple blooms all over.
A creative rustic container garden with large succulents, rocks, branches and a mini tree is a cool decoration for a rustic garden.
A crevice container garden with pebble,s rocks, green and red succulents is a fab idea for any outdoor space.
A crevice garden in a bowl, with colorful and green succulents, pebbles and large rocks plus a cascading touch.
A crevice garden in a long stone container, with rocks and pebbles, some moss and blooms is a very natural-looking piece.
A crevice garden in a stone bowl, with rocks, some greenery, blooms and succulents is adorable.
A small garden in a stone planter, with greenery, pink and blue flowers is a cool decoration for outdoors, it looks bold and catchy.
A crevice garden of a stone bowl with rocks, greenery, succulents and pink, white and yellow blooms is amazing.
A crevice garden with bold blooms and matching stone planters with bright blooms and greenery is wow.
A container garden with greenery, mini succulents and large rocks placed in a stone bowl is adorable.
A crevice garden with rocks of various sizes, succulents and greenery is a cool mini mountain scenery you can place outdoors.
How To Make A Crevice Garden?
First, choose a container. If you’re new to gardening, start small by using a small container to keep things manageable. It could be an old trolley, a big or small pot, a birdbath, or something else. Pick one that fits your space. Sketch out a simple design for your garden and choose where to place your rocks and plants.
To make a crevice garden, you need rocks and the right soil mix. You can use any rocks, but a popular style uses flat slabs set upright and parallel.
Fill the spaces between the rocks with soil mix. Use equal parts of topsoil, compost, and something that helps drainage like sand, perlite, or gravel. You need to keep the soil from becoming too compact and waterlogged. Take your time placing the rocks because the top edges will look nice when finished.
After filling in the soil between the rocks, add your plants. Pick plants that are easy to care for. Most plants for crevice gardens come from dry places, but they still need regular watering, so don’t forget to water them. Now, place your garden wherever you want and enjoy it!
A crevice garden with rocks, a stump, moss and succulents is a super bold and chic woodland idea.
A double bowl garden with pebbles, moss, succulents and rocks is a cool solution if you like rock gardens.
A large bowl crevice garden with rocks, pebbles, succulents, greenery and yellow blooms is amazing.
A long crevice garden with greenery, white blooms, rocks and sand, some lights installed here.
A long crevice garden with succulents of various shades, some greenery and pebbles is a cool idea for outdoors.
A lovely Alpine garden in a planter, with various types of greenery, succulents, white blooms and some pebbles is amazing.
A metal bowl garden with alpine flowers and some rocks is a bold and lovely decoration for outdoors, an alternative to a usual planter.
A metal bowl on a stand with a crevice garden including rocks, succulents, bold blooms and some wooden decorations.
A natural crevice garden with a stone bowl and rocks, succulents, moss and greenery is amazing for a Zen garden.
A natural-looking crevice garden of a stone planter, some rocks and pebbles, some evergreens is a very Zen solution.
A stone bowl crevice garden with bold pink, purple and yellow Alpine blooms and greenery is amazing.
A stone bowl with succulents, a mini tree, some moss and rocks is a cool and creative mini garden idea.
A stone planter crevice garden with large rock pieces and some bold succulents is a very eye-catching idea.
A stone planter with greenery, moss and rocks plus some colorful succulents is a cool crevice garden to make yourself.
A stone planter with greenery, various colorful succulents, some rocks and a bird bath next to the planter.
Alpine-style bowl gardens with white pebbles, greenery, moss, mini trees and white and bold pink blooms.
Square stone bowls with rocks, moss, blooms and greenery will make your garden look unique and bold.
Stone containers with moss, greenery and bold succulents plus rocks and pebbles are amazing for styling an outdoor space.
Tall metal planters with rocks, moss and some greenery is inspired by both mountain sceneries and Japanese gardens.
Two crevice gardens in matching stone bowls, with bold pink and red blooms and greenery and large rocks is a cool space.
Helpful Tips To Choose Rocks
Choosing the right rocks for your crevice garden is crucial for both aesthetics and plant health. Different rock types can affect the look and suitability for certain plants.
- Sandstone and limestone are ideal for creating vertical crevices. Their layered structure allows easy insertion of plants and good drainage.
- Granite and basalt rocks are durable and can provide a striking contrast but are heavier and harder to work with.
- Slate and schist are often used for their unique textures and colors.
Rock Placement Tips
When arranging your rocks, take your time to create a balanced and aesthetically pleasing design.
- Placing flat slabs upright creates narrow crevices, ideal for alpine plants and succulents.
- Mimic natural rock formations by placing rocks in varied positions. This creates diverse microclimates within your garden.
- Use larger rocks as anchors, placing them first and filling in with smaller rocks and soil around them.
- Align rocks to capture sunlight and protect plants from harsh winds, creating a more natural and thriving environment.