Re: Washed Stone Mulch
- Subject: Re: Washed Stone Mulch
- From: A* S*
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 15:27:33 -0400
Not direct experience, no, but I can say that down the street from me, a
house was sold and they did major renovations and landscaping, including
dumping truck-loads of rocks and boulders (piled 5-6' high) on top of a
bed of lancifolia. The pile was in place over the entire season, finally
cleared away about a year later, when they leveled the ground again and
seeded grass. Now guess what's growing up in their lawn?
For that matter, I had a truckload of fresh woodchips dumped on a bed of
pachysandra that had some old erromena and Royal Standard amongst the
pachy and weeds. That pile was there for nearly a year, too, the center
of the pile was ashy, from the heat generated when it was breaking down,
and once cleared away, I have some of the hostas peaking up again.
Granted, only small, so probably most of them rotted, but they were not
dead!
-a.
On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 04:01 PM, Glen Williams wrote:
> Two years ago on a raised bed of large hostas H. Abiqua Elephant Ears',
> H.
> 'Silver Anniversery', and H. 'Niagara Falls', I use a good layer of
> 3/4"
> washed stone mulch. I like the look of it very much and the
> practicality.
> Easy weeding and it sets off the hostas very nicely. I would not use it
> for
> samll timid hostas that would have to use energy to find their way
> through
> the stone , but for the larger ones it seems to work well. Also
> excellent
> at keeping moisture..at least I think so. Any other experience out
> there.
>
> de gustibus non est disputandum
> Glen Williams
> 20 Dewey St.
> Springfield , Vermont
> 05156
> Tel: 802-885-2839
>
>
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