Rock-plants

Rock-plants, in Gardening, a term applied to a very miscellaneous group of plants, which by their habit of growth are adapted to adorn rockeries. The plants are generally of lowly habit, either tufted, creeping, or trailing. They may be shrubby or herbaceous perennials, and certain annuals of trailing habit are occasionally used for temporary effects. But the more restricted use of the term comprehends merely the numerous species of ALPINE PLANTS (q.v.) and such as resemble these in their habit and adaptability to the purpose in view—the clothing of rock-work with verdure and with flowers in imitation of the natural conditions in which the Alpine flora appears in Alpine regions and in high latitudes.