Glass Jar Garden

Stones and wood

Round boulder as drawn in the simulator

Round boulder

One rounded grey stone is all some layouts need as a centrepiece.

What the simulation uses

Holds water
1 % by volume
Water it keeps after draining; the rest runs down to the drainage.
Pore space
3 % by volume
Room for air and water between grains; low means roots suffocate when wet.
Weight
2550 g/L
How heavy a litre is.
pH
7 to 7.5 pH
How acid it keeps the soil.

Description

One rounded grey stone is all some layouts need as a centrepiece. It is dense, holds no water and does nothing to pH.

Also called cobble.

Estimated, where sources were thin: look authored for the app; physical values estimated.

Grow it in a jar