What to grow in shallow soil full of rocks underneath?

[citykitty]

I'm putting in a rock garden this weekend, since our yard seems to produce rocks. I found this super cool little tree for the top of it, I'll have to take a pic when I get home because I cannot remember what it is. I'll post pics of the rock garden when it's done.

 

[Marmalade25]

One method of dealing with rocky soil is to create raised beds or berms for plants to grow in, above the rocky soil. These raised beds or berms should be at least 6 inches (15 cm.) deep, but the deeper the better for larger, deep rooting plants.

Bowden123, this is precisely the solution I started in one area. Town compost is available at no cost so I got a few loads and created a bed, it could be deeper, but for now the seeds I planted are doing fine I think they will have just enough original soil under that to root down... But I admit it is experimental to see what I can do with it.