Gardening: The beginner's rock garden

At first glance, rock gardens seem out of place in our mostly flat Canadian prairies. This is especially so if you or your in-laws spent most summers as a child pulling rocks from fields — and memories run deep.
But many of these mostly perennial alpine plants do surprisingly well in our prairie environment. If you’re thinking of establishing a rock garden, and your space is limited, a large number of them can fit into a relatively small area. Dwarf in stature, they generally flower