Top picks for any well-draining, gravelly site are these lovely, low-maintenance rock garden plants. These hardy plants not only flourish in gravel gardens, alpine gardens, crevices in dry-stack walls, and spaces between stepping stones, but you can also use them to create a vibrant rock garden. These succulents and low-growing perennials will thrive in heat, dryness, and poor soil, yet will still produce colorful blooms and foliage, according to commercial landscape contractors.<\/span><\/p>\n Blue Star Creepe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n It should be on your “must-have” list for rock or wall gardening even if blue star creeper (Isotoma fluviatilis) remains incredibly little. A firm mat of small green leaves that grow on this attractive perennial’s stems eventually forms, and it can even withstand light foot activity. Blue star creeper has lovely, light blue star-shaped blooms that bloom in the spring. In humid regions where blue star creeper thrives, Irish moss benefits from its company since it likes slightly damp soil.<\/span><\/p>\n