Thursday, August 21, 2014

Decorate Your Garden Landscape with Beautiful Stones

Do you want your garden to look more beautiful? Then, add the texture to your garden with various kinds of stones. This will give an aesthetic design to your garden landscape. The texture of the garden landscape should be designed in such a way that it should match with the garden. To give a unique look chose the type of landscape that suits your garden ground cover. Various stone ideas will help you out to decorate your landscape beautifully.

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Pea stone gravel
Pea stone gravel is usually in the shape of pea. This give your garden a beautiful look. You can add this pea gravel in the pathways of your garden, near our garden patios, in making a pea gravel wall around your plants, in between the flat rocks. Pea shaped gravel are available in many colors so, you can add a mixture of colors or individual color based on your interest. This pea gravel will be more suitable in the flowering garden and adds smooth texture. Pea gravel is in-expensive apart from the rare colors. This can be maintained easily. It also benefits your garden by preventing the erosion.

Crushed granite gravel
This will not give smooth texture as the pea gravel but its adds a great texture to your garden. This is perfect choice for adding it in your pathways, garden walkways, near dry plants etc. than the pea gravel. People who want to give their garden a modern look can use this granite gravel. It is budget friendly material which can be used for covering large areas. It gives a natural look as the texture will be mostly in natural color. You don't have to worry about the puddles as it drains well. It gives your garden a rustic or casual look so, if you are looking for this kind of look to your garden you can use this stone in your yard.

Beach pebbles
This beach pebbles can be used in garden as borders around the patios, to dress the container plants, etc. These are smooth and round shaped with uniform look. It is a elegant stone option for your garden, comes in various sizes, shapes and it is also expensive. Beach pebbles are more suitable if your garden has a pool in the middle, so that you can decorate it with this pebbles and it also helps in preventing erosion. The pebbles are mostly used for large commercial landscapes and hard scape.

Natural mulch
Mulch gives a natural look to your garden. This can be added in the pathways, around the trees to cover and protect the soil. The mulch that you use for the garden are of various types like wood, stone etc. So, use it for your plants up to some extent. Over usage may lead to many disadvantages. So, use it in a recommended quantity. It holds the moisture of the soil, plants won't dry out quickly, roots are protected in winter etc. So, mulch will give your garden plants a lot of benefits.

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