Have you ever thought about using natural stone pebbles for landscaping and decoration around your home and garden? Natural stone pebbles are growing in popularity because of their wide range of colors and shapes. The uses of these pebbles are only limited by your imagination.
Here are a few ideas to get you started around your home.
- Japanese Gardens; are a great way to add tranquility to your landscape. Japanese gardens use specific plants, lots of pebbles, and water to create this effect. These gardens are usually not very large and are mixed into the overall landscaping.
- Decorative Pots; By placing some pebbles around the top of a potted plants will give a finished look to indoor and outdoor plants and will make them more attractive. You can use pots that will complement the pebbles and the pebbles will prevent the soil from being displaced in a heavy rain.
- Vases; Pebbles are a great way to fill glass vases don’t be afraid to play around with different colors and shapes of pebbles. The pebbles will hold your flower arrangements in place and make great table decorations.
- Pebbles as Mulch; Mulching with pebbles is a permanent mulch that does not have to be replaced every couple of years. You could use varying sizes of pebbles to complement your plants and landscape. Using pebbles for mulch is becoming more popular every year and is worth considering. By using a thin layer of pebbles moisture will be retained for your plants and will keep the weeds from taking over. Landscape cloth is good to put under the pebbles to avoid weeds growing through the pebbles. Edging might be necessary to keep your pebbles in place, you could even use larger flat rocks as edging.
- Paths and Drives; Paths and drives can be covered with small natural stone pebbles. If you are going to drive or walk on your paths often you will want to use smaller pebbles for this purpose. Paths and drives will need some pebbles added to them on occasion and edging will be a necessity to keep the pebbles in place.
- Water Features; Are becoming very popular and It seems that everyone wants a water feature. These can be of any size from small to large and the sound of water is always pleasing to the landscape. Pebbles can also be used to cover the water feature and to cover up any cords or pumps. Before purchasing your pebbles take a small sample and wet it to see what it will look like in your water feature.
- Ponds; Wet your choice before purchasing to see how the pebbles look when they are wet the color will change quite a bit in the water. Use larger rocks around the pond for a more natural look and use various sizes of stones for a more natural look.
Start looking at pebbles in a creative way and use them in your landscaping.
