Alpines such as conifers and creeping plants hail from exposed, challenging habitats, making them hardy choices for UK gardens ...

Alpine plants range from small shrubs, including conifers, to tiny mat-forming creeping plants ... are less usual choices. The sedum spurium ‘Tricolor’ (Photo: RHS / Joanna Kossak) Dainty ...

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Rather than competing against each other, companion plants benefit each other's health. One plant that gets along excellently with roses is red creeping thyme (Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'). Red ...

The flowering stems sport starry white flowers with plump purple stamens. Sedum ternatum supports native bees and is a great substitute for nonnative groundcovers such as creeping jenny and vinca.