noun
definition
A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants.
definition
A natural area where many seals breed.
Examples of rockeries in a Sentence
The xerophytic characters being present, it is not surprising that many marsh plants, like Juncus effusus and Iris pseudacorus, are able to survive in dry situations, such as banks and even garden rockeries.
Thus the artificial lakes and hills, the stones forming rockeries or simulating solitary crags, the trees and even the bushes are all selected or manipulated so as to fall congruously into the general scheme.
The hardy species will grow well in dry sandy soil, and are suitable for rockeries,old walls or edgings.
Charming tuberous-rooted plants of dwarf habit, suitable for sheltered rockeries, and growing in light gritty soil.
Hardy British ferns belonging to such genera as Asplenium, Nephrodium, Aspidium, Scolopendrium, have become fairly popular of late years, and many charming varieties are now used in borders and rockeries.
Nests are frequently located in loft spaces, cavity walls, flower beds, garden sheds, rockeries and roof eaves.
Other features include giant rockeries, herbaceous borders, rose garden, the maze and extensive walks among rare shrubs and forest trees.
Two rockeries constructed using carefully placed building rubble and using old doors as bases split the garden.
Create rockeries, or banks with plenty of crevices, in south-facing areas close to denser vegetation.
Drystone walls have been plundered for years to make rockeries in the suburbs.
Springburn Park has one of the most beautiful rockeries in Scotland, a garden of peace and three wildlife ponds.
Nummularia, much used for trailing over rockeries and window boxes, with bright yellow flowers.