Tawny beach pebbles or river rocks add warmth while white marble chips help brighten up shady areas.
What do you put under landscape rocks.
Flat terracotta stones complement a tropical landscape but can seem out of place in a more formal garden.
If you have landscape fabric already and decide to re vamp your landscape i recommend removing the fabric to the best of your ability.
If you have access to a tractor this is one of the best ways to do this part of the project.
The rocks you choose will help set the tone for the rest of your garden.
This best landscape fabric under rock comes in several sizes so you can customize it to suit your needs.
If you are installing drip irrigation to feed your landscaping shrubs this is the time to pin down your lines to the landscaping fabric so they are buried under the decorative rock.
Some landscapers like to do the planting now.
The material underneath the rocks keeps the rocks from mixing with the soil.
First and most importantly it keeps your rocks and their supporting sand or gravel from sinking into the soil under their own.
Cut a large x in the fabric and then work it over the top of the plant then fold back and pin the fabric flaps so they don t rest against the stems of the plants.
The choice of rocks includes marble chips river rock pea gravel and even lava rock will work.
Others will start filling in the site with the rock.
Landscape fabric serves a few key purposes under rock landscaping.
To begin remove the top layer of soil or rocks from the driveway area.
For trees or large shrubs arrange or cut the fabric strips around the trunk as you lay them.
I prefer to do a little of both.
Placing a weed barrier cloth underneath the gravel keeps weeds down and helps stabilize the grade.
It is designed to be a long term solution to weed control and it comes lined with pre printed rows that make it easy to get your plants or flowers exactly straight or to plan out a perfectly symmetrical garden.
You need to make sure that there is no organic matter under where the driveway will be located remove any sticks roots grass or other plants that are there.
If you are thinking about using a contractor to install your landscape and they recommend weed fabric under your mulch i ask you to re consider your contractor and maybe give us a call instead.