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Article: High impact: colorful low-water plants thrive in these rock gardens. (Garden).
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- Sunset
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- May 1, 2003
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From the Cascades and the Sierra to the Rockies, the West is richly supplied with mountains. It's only natural, then, that rock gardens should fit so well into our landscapes. Designer Alison Peck takes rock-gardening style to new heights at this home on a mesa overlooking Boulder, Colorado. But Peck's design isn't merely stylish, it's sensible, making use of low-water plants.
Peck replaced a thirsty bluegrass lawn with a water-wise landscape that complements views across the Continental Divide.
At the front of the house, a sculptural rock garden evokes the craggy mountain peaks of the Divide. Peck used locally quarried andesite, a brittle stone that ...