What secure is a cake without the ice ? Sure , it still tastes good , but it is n’t giving you its full potential . That ’s sort of what a garden is like without nooks and fissure plants : dear , but not as great as it could be . These tiny treasures occupy in all the gaps and cracks of a landscape . They ’re big for planting between stepping stones or along the edges of walls . Often they ’re considered alpine plants , thriving in jumpy soils and less - than - hospitable conditions — but not always . Steve and Danielle do their best at giving options for nooks - and - crannies plants for sun , ghost , and for various soil types in this sequence . Much to Steve ’s disappointment , there was no sampling of baked goods during tape recording .
Expert testimony : Rebecca Sweet , owner of Harmony in the Garden , a landscape design company in the Bay Area of California .
DANIELLE ’S PLANTS
Appalachian sedum ( Sedum glaucophyllum , Zones 4–9 )
Alpine geranium ( Erodium reichardii , Zones 6–9 )
gentle star tree creeper ( Isotoma fluviatilis , Zones 6–8 )
Kenilworth ivy ( Cymbalaria muralis , Zones 4–8 )
STEVE ’S plant
European idle ginger ( Asarum europaeum , Zones 4–7 )
‘ Dickson ’s Au ’ bellflower ( Campanula‘Dickson ’s atomic number 79 ’ , Zones 3–8 )
Yellow heron ’s bill ( genus Erodium chrysanthum , Zones 6–8 )
cower saxifrage ( Saxifraga stolonifera , zone 6–9 )
EXPERT TESTIMONY
‘ Royal Ruby ’ hen and chicks ( Sempervivum‘Royal Ruby ’ , Zones 4–9 )
‘ dim ’ hens and chicks ( Sempervivum‘Black ’ , Zones 4–9 )
Majorcan germander ( Teucrium cossonii , Zones 7–10 )
Corsican stonecrop ( Sedum dasyphyllum , Zones 3–9 )
Silver germander ( Teucrium ackermannii , Zones 7–10 )
‘ Summer Sunshine ’ germander ( Teucrium chamaedrys‘Summer Sunshine ’ , Zones 4–9 )
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Blue star creeper
Creeping saxifrage
‘Dickson’s Gold’ bellflower
European wild ginger
European wild ginger in Danielle’s garden
Kenilworth ivy.Photo: Bill Johnson
‘Black’ hens and chicks.Photo: Walters Gardens, Inc.
‘Summer Sunshine’ germander.Photo: Rebecca Sweet
Corsican stonecrop.Photo: Davepape _Wikimedia Commons
Majorcan germander.Photo: Rebecca Sweet
‘Royal Ruby’ hens and chicks (Sempervivum‘Royal Ruby’, Zones 4–9)
Silver germander.Photo: Rebecca Sweet
