Post #2434740

2026-01-14 01:39 UTC

Pondering possibilities of old rock walls as microclimates for planting. Right beside country road. Vehicle exhaust to consider. But that is where winter sun shines most. If I were a cat that is where I would spend January and February. On a lark, looked up in duckduckgo and look what I found?!?! https://www.motherearthliving.com/gardening/garden-projects/garden-spaces-create-rock-wall-garden/ https://oggardenonline.com/what-plants-grow-in-stone-walls.html Bearberry!?! https://towerlandscapedesign.com/plants-for-a-rock-wall/ https://pithandvigor.com/2024/02/design-idea-plant-on-or-in-your-stone-wall-rather-than-just-beneath-it/ #solarpunk #permaculture

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@BrambleBearWhuffling@sunny.garden 2026-01-14 18:21

A video tutorial on how to plant seedlings into an existing rock wall. Yt channel but if look up in https://duckduckgo.com/ you can watch it in duckplayer for no tracking no ads. duck://player/TQLzf4-_3-E

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@BrambleBearWhuffling@sunny.garden 2026-01-14 19:12

https://www.ugaoo.com/blogs/ornamental-gardening/meet-our-rockstars-no-fail-plants-for-rock-walls

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@cohanf@mastodon.online 2026-01-14 02:04

@BrambleBearWhuffling@sunny.garden I didn't have a chance to check your links yet but in case it didn't come up in your results- lots of alpine + dryland plants would do well in walls (+ do in many places). Many of those might only be considered ornamental, but can dramatically extend the flowering season to the benefit of pollinators + other beneficial insects; also many of those plants have uses as medicines + food/flavourings etc. Likely native plants in any region that prefer drier/exposed sites too :)

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