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GARDEN TOPICS
Plants for Between Stepping Stones
There are many plants that
can be used very effectively
between stepping stones.
Tucking plants between the
stones softens and blends in
the walkway, making it feel
more like a part of the
landscape. For most plants,
the soil will need to be high
in organic matter and welldrained. When selecting the
type of plant you want to
use, be sure to take into
consideration how much sun
or shade it will receive.
Larger areas and larger
stepping stones can use
plants in the 5-8" range.
Smaller stones and areas
need tighter, lower plants in
the 2-4" range. If the
stepping stones actually form
steps between levels, not just
a pathway, some of the larger
plants will fit in naturally.
2-4 Inch Perennials
Bugleweed Ajuga 3-4" Ice
Plant Delosperma 3-4" Tiny
Rubbies Dianthus Dianthus
3"
Hens and Chicks
Sempervivums 3-4"
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Heavenly Blue Veronica
Veronica 4" Pennywort
Lysimachia nummularia 2"
Red Creeping Thyme
Thymus 4" Various Sedums
Including: Bailey's Gold 3"
Bronze Carpet 4" Dragon's
Blood 4" Elizabeth 4" Gold
Carpet 3"
Kamtschaticum 4"
Sarmentosum 4" Spurium
Tricolor 4"
5-8 Inch Perennials
Snow in Summer Cerastium
6-8" Rock Cress Arabis 6-8"
Thrift Armeria 6" Creeping
Baby's Breath Gypsophila
repens 6" Brilliant Dianthus
Dianthus 6" Zing Rose
Dianthus Dianthus 6"
Barrenwort Epimedium
roseum 8" Guiseppie
Geranium Geranium 4"
Ballerina Geranium
Geranium 6" Blue Fescue
Festuca 'Elijah Blue' 8"
Ginko Craig Hosta Hosta 4"
Crown Jewel Hosta Hosta 4"
Little Gem Candytuft Iberis
6" Lily of the Valley
Convallaria 6-8" White
Nancy Lamium Lamium 6"
Pink Pewter Lamium
Lamium 6" Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolenifera 6-8"
Creeping Phlox Phlox
subulata 5-6" Oakleaf
Foamflower Tiarella 6"
Periwinkle Vinca Vinca 6"
Violets Viola 6-9" Various
Sedums Including:
Oreganum 6" Old Man
Bones 6" Kamtschaticum
Yellow 6" Stonecrop 6"
Worm Grass 6"
Other Plants of
Interest
Sweet Alyssum, annual
6-10"
Mother of Thyme, tender
perennial 3-4" Prostrate
Junipers 6-12"
Creeping Mahonia 10" Bog
Rosemary 12"
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