How to Use rock garden in a Sentence

rock garden

noun
  • Plant it along sandy paths or at the edge of your rock garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Use it on a hillside or in a rock garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • Use them along the edge of rock gardens or dry areas.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Plant it in rock gardens or in the front of borders in full sun.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 17 May 2023
  • Tuck them under trees, in grass, or in rock gardens.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Petting him from head to tail was like rubbing a rock garden.
    — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2022
  • Wild columbine is a fine choice for a gravelly slope, rock ledge, or rock garden.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
  • Tuck clumps into rock gardens or along pathways.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • When not taking in the views, spend some time in the tranquil Zen rock gardens.
    — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Behind and underneath the glass, there is a small, tidy rock garden.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Still, other researchers say the new study overlooks some rock garden sites.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
  • There's also a daylily walk, a shrub mall, a rain garden, a bog garden walk and a rock garden.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2024
  • This plant is a great choice for a rock garden, foreground of a border, or massed under trees or shrubs.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Then, there are the stones that help explain, why, perhaps, the park rangers just don't get rid of the rock garden.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2024
  • In its hushed evocation of water, the piece is a bit like a Zen rock garden.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The front door is tucked around the side of the house in a wide, shallow recess accessed through a rock garden.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 23 June 2026
  • Glory-of-the-snow, grape hyacinths, rock garden iris, snowdrops, and squills do grow from bulbs.
    — Marty Ross, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Stonecrop works well as a hearty rock garden plant and has excellent drought tolerance.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 4 May 2022
  • Lavender is an excellent choice for rock gardens or gardens where mulch isn’t used at all.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant, it was sold as a rock garden plant.
    — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2022
  • During a low water trip like ours, the rapid is a bony rock garden that could easily bump a raft off its line.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Many are low-growing and a perfect addition to rock gardens on a gentle slope.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
  • Alliums also work well in rock gardens and mixed borders.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Anemones naturalize well under taller bulbs or in rock gardens.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • His children were planning to welcome him home from the hospital with a rock garden.
    — Omar Jimenez, CNN, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Various species are adapted to a wide range of sites, from sunny rock gardens to moist woodlands.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Now there’s a rock garden at the back and a statue of a woman holding a frog and the water comes out of the frog’s mouth.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2019
  • The high price tag covers a Zen rock garden, small pond and seasonal flowers.
    — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Use as a groundcover at the front of a water-wise border, rock garden, or even along a curbside strip.
    — By sunset, Sunset Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Such rock garden favorites can spread color across your garden—even in harsh conditions.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2026

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