Stone gardens - the art of gardening around natural stones

Stone gardens may look as beautiful as tropical lush flower gardens - the secret of stone garden beauty is in knowing which flowers and plants love the precise natural soil and weather conditions. Use natural stones rather than creating artificial stone corners. Use flowers and plants that love to grow strongly in such soil and climate conditions.

A typical example are the millions of Portulaca flowers planted all around Bicol region in the Philippines- Particularly here in Legazpi city, with 20 and more kms around Mt Mayon volcano the soil is almost entirely black sand, lava stones and left overs from the regular and powerful volcano eruptions.

Portulaca flowers grow within a few weeks and after a few months the Portulaca flowers may expand into many branches and plentiful of beautiful blossoms. Stone gardens when made correctly have zero maintenance and may blossom year round. Portulaca flowers - sun plants - blossom all year if planted in truly tropical hot and plain sunny areas with sandy or gravelly soil. No standing water - otherwise from tropical rainy season to many months dry season all is within the range of tolerance of Portulaca flowers in stone gardens.