Railway Plants

The goal of a garden railway is to create a realistic atmosphere that integrates the railroad and garden. Make sure that the scale of the garden railway matches the mature size of each plant. Good garden railways plants tend to be low-growing and have small leaves, branches and blossoms. What plants you choose will depend on the garden location and the type of look you’re trying to achieve.

* Alyssum

* Baby’s tears

* Chamomile

* Cotoneaster

* Dwarf crape myrtle

* Cuphea

* Cypress (miniature)

* Elm (miniature)

* Fuchsia (miniature)

* Lobelia (trailing)

* Irish or Scotch moss

* Johnny-Jump-Up

* Marigold (dwarf)

* Mint (Corsican)

* New Zealand dwarf tea tree

* Portulaca

* Rose (miniature)

* Sedum

* Stonecrop

* Snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum)

* Thyme