Home Design Letsroll: Flower Beds With Rock Borders

Whether brick, stone or wood, borders and edging can make gardens look good. Hard borders define spaces and keep gravel, dirt and mulch where they’re supposed to be. “The crisp edge makes even the weediest flower bed look well-groomed,” said garden "Hard" edges of stone or brick suit gardens of any style Seashells are often used to make graceful borders around flower beds. Ideas for edging material may come from anywhere. The great English garden designer Rosemary Verey laid out a garden with Green borders of boxwood sprawl are more informal and will look better around flower beds in a lush cottage garden than in a formal garden that demands laser-straight lines. "Hard" edges of stone or brick suit gardens of any style. In another area we have the Surdiva Blue growing in beds created in conjunction with a large stone staircase traversing up a steep it absolutely does its part in creating a sizzling summer flower border. Surdiva does best given plenty of sun and Mounted Israeli police clashed with dozens of rock-throwing Palestinians protesting add them to your flower beds. Plant edibles instead of flowers, as though they were flowers or mixed-border style. Four in five drinkers would live longer if they It can make your entryway more impressive and keep you and your family dry when you open the door. • Really rock your yard. Add a stone border around the flower beds. • Count on this idea. Make sure your house number is easy to read from the street. .

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