Rock Gardening Basics with Panayoti Kelaidis

Panayoti Kelaidis is the elderly curator and film director of outreach atDenver Botanic Gardens , a found member and collaborator with thePlant Selectplant introduction programme , and an active member and retiring United States President of theNorth American Rock Garden Society .

In his clause on stone horticulture for the October 2023 issue he says , “ The active apposition between plants and well - placed stones has an intrinsically artistic , sculptural effect . And to top it all off , a rock garden will often prevail with far less cut down back , deadheading , and fussing than a bed filled with perennial or annuals would require . ”

If you are interested in taking up rock music gardening , Panayoti recommends start with species that are native to your region , combined with plants from like climate around the world . For model , Panayoti ’s latest crevice garden is filled with industrial plant from the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains , supplemented with species from Central Asia , South Africa , and even Patagonia . The species used were choose for their power to survive Denver ’s hot , ironic summers and moth-eaten winters . These require less effort to give and keep than alpine plants from the European Alps , which have traditionally been used in rock gardens .

While Fine horticulture faculty was visiting Denver to sprout photograph for Rock Gardening 101 , Panayoti took a few minutes to memorialise this video recording sharing some canonical rock gardening pointers for beginner . The biggest take - away lesson :

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To read Panayoti ’s recommendation for adaptableWestern aboriginal species that can be grown more widely .

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If you ’d like to substitute some Western aboriginal plants for commonly used , non - native species , here are some ideas .

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