Decorative stone chips for landscape design

Crushed natural stone has earned the recognition of landscape designers due to the fact that it surprisingly combines all the advantages of natural stones with a wide range of possible uses.

Small pieces of stones, sorted by the size of fractions, exactly repeat the color of a natural mineral and give a lot of room for imagination.

Steps made of decorative stone chips

In addition, decorative chips for landscape design can be subjected to additional processing - grinding, painting, which further expands the possibilities for

site registration. This is a relatively inexpensive material. It does not need additional equipment, special work on the formation of the foundations. All this makes the idea of ​​using decorative stone chips a favorite among landscape planners.

Decorative crumb in landscape design

What is it like

Landscaping in Asian style

The crumb used for decorating the landscape is divided into the following types:

gravel: stones with rounded edges. It usually has an Ice Age origin. Gravel is mined in quarries, along mountain rivers. It can be homogeneous, consisting of fragments of one rock (usually granite or diabase), and mixed (from pebbles of different rocks). The color of gravel directly depends on the composition of the starting material. The gravel is sorted by size, the fractions are from 2 mm (fine-grained crumbs) to 70 mm (coarse-grained crumbs);

Stone path in the park

crushed stone: it is obtained by crushing large pieces of rocks in special workshops. This led to the sharp edges of the stones. He also has a division into factions. Most often, there is granite crushed stone or marble. Slightly less often, sandstone, shale, quartzite, and silicon are used in the landscape. Limestone crushed stone is rarely used in outdoor landscaping, since it does not like moisture;

Stone tiles in landscaping

pebbles: round pebbles of hard rocks turned by nature itself. Most often mined on sea coasts, sorted by fractions. Pebbles are not subjected to additional processing, they are good precisely due to their naturalness;

sand: the smallest decorative crumb for landscape design, the largest fraction does not exceed 5 mm. Most often it is used for additional filling and creating a pattern, since it is easier to paint it in the brightest colors.

Before applying stone chips

There are many ideas for using decorative stone chips, because this is an amazingly diverse material that can vary not only in size, mineral composition, but also in color and texture.

Marble chips

But for any landscape work with decorative stone chips, you will need to prepare the base:

Decorative stone for decorating the site

remove a layer of fertile soil so that weeds do not grow;

sprinkle the base of ordinary sand, which will provide a better drainage of rain;

lay geotextiles on the sand, a special fabric that allows water to pass through and prevents weeds from germinating.

Decorative crumb on the site

Decorative chips for landscaping are poured directly onto geotextiles, about 5 cm thick, completely covering the substrate.

Decorative bridge on the site

These are the general rules of work. The specific material is selected for each project individually.

The combination of colors in landscape design

To decorate burial sites, they prefer to use marble crushed stone, choosing white or gray-blue shades.

Creative site design

Marble chips are afraid of mechanical stress, so the paths are not poured with it. Each new season, marble chips will have to be refilled.

Flowerbeds and decorative panels are covered with crumbs of different species, often using colored varieties and adding wood mulch.

Purple crumb and stone path

But the platform for the car can be covered with crushed shale, its flattened pieces fit tightly, they do not get stuck in the tire tread, while the rain runoff is passed freely.

Stone steps and decorative wood shavings

And where children or pets will run, it is better to arrange the paths with pebbles to eliminate the risk of abrasions or injured paws.

Round patterns from decorative chips

In addition, slate or marble ensures that the paths will not become slippery even after rain.

Plot with stone slabs and decorative chips

Colored or natural

To make the landscape brighter and more expressive, to emphasize the beautiful lines of the landscape, decorative chips are used for landscape design of the painted type.

Multicolored stone chips with a flower bed

Crushed stone and gravel are painted in special workshops. This is necessary, since minerals by nature rarely have a bright color. Thanks to the paint, the crumb gets rich colors.

Round stone path

Now it can be used in decorating flower beds, alleys, footpaths, recreation areas.

Lilac decorative crumb on the site

But you should be aware that dyed crumb is not so environmentally friendly, so it should not be used where small children can play.

Colored crumb

In addition, nature has also made sure that natural minerals have a wide range of colors. Only marble has several dozen shades.

Separation of the territory of the lawn and stone path

Granite is almost not inferior to it, but it also varies in grain size. Slates and quartzites have quite vibrant colors ranging from green to lilac in nature.

Flower bed made of stone chips

Therefore, choosing the right shade and at the same time being proud of complete environmental safety will not be difficult.

Pond on the site

Several ideas

Plot decoration with large stone and decorative chips

Decorative crumb for landscape design allows you to decorate

flower beds, make garden paths, fill and decorate the hill, create the illusion of a stream.

Flower bed decoration with crumbs

For example, an artificial reservoir on the site is not always accessible. Therefore, marble chips will help to create the effect of its presence. Any flat area is decorated with light pebbles mixed with crushed marble chips of white or light gray shade, slightly adding blue particles.

Site decoration in oriental style

The finest fraction is selected, which glitters, creating the effect of water. The "channel" becomes winding, the "source" and "mouth" are hidden in the garden bushes. You can enhance the impression with a bridge over the "stream".

Excellent combination of stone and wood

Decorating flower beds with crumbs, designers achieve not only a beautiful, complete look of the flower bed, but also free the space around it from weeds. An amazing effect can be achieved if you use crumbs in the design of alpine slides, when pebbles of different sizes and colors emphasize the shape of the elevation, shading the flowers on it.

An absolutely irresistible decorative crumb for

landscape design on garden paths, alleys and secluded paths.

Unusual stone steps

For this, granite or shale crushed stone is selected. The territory will become well-groomed, get rid of weeds for many years.