"Mark" wrote in message
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I too have an east facing slope and have made an alpine garden. The
surface
is covered with fine gravel ('scree'), and the random choice of alpines
I've
chosen seem to like it - they have grown five fold from the 99p size I
bought.

The only problems I can think of are (1) they like good drainage (2) They
won't give that much height (dwarf conifers could be used).


Thanks to all for the answers, I am off to the Nursery today to see what I
can get - bearing in mind the suggestions.
Thanks again for the help.