@goldfinch4, Chris ... Thank you for the welcome. I am going to need plenty of 2 cents going forward. The only thing I know how to grow with confidence is roses. Everything else is new to me.
@valleylynn, Lynn ...
Those rocks are what I have in place in front of one bed. I've been hauling rocks for years to define the other beds. I still need to haul more rocks to finish the borders on two of the beds. Those rocks are getting heavier every year. I have to haul them up from the street level up the the house pad level ...
Yup ... I've got rocks ...
When I first started lurking on this forum, I thought I could open up the borders, add the right planting mix and then plant the succulents in the border so that it didn't look like just rock. I am going to have to track the shade and follow Bev's advice about moving a container around until I find out if the plants will survive in that spot. The house pad gets direct sun almost all day long. With high summer temps in a low humidity climate that could be an issue. The other side is that if we were not in a drought, we can get up to 50" of rain during the winter and early spring months. No rain for the rest of the year. Then, those plants could rot. I haven't got it figured out yet.
@webesemps, Bev ... those rocks look like they would be something that could really work for a rock garden. They are the right size.
These are the rocks in one of my street beds. Plan A was to use semps as part of the rock garden I am making out there, but it's out in deer territory, so that's why I had to go to Plan B. I need to make a dry creek bed in that area for drainage into the storm drain, then I can do whatever I want. I am not even thinkin' about hauling those rocks up to the house pad.
Thank you for the link.
Smiles,
Lyn
