The best varieties of gravel for the front yard - tips for choosing
Do not take the first thing that comes your way Grit(€ 41.99 at Amazon *) or crushed stone from the hardware store to your front yard easy-care to design. Careful selection of the right type of gravel paves the way for a tasteful appearance, beyond a dry stone desert. We have put together recommended stone types for a stylish gravel bed for you here:
- Marble pebbles, pure white, the classic for them modern and Japanese front yard design
- Quartz gravel, very beautiful with black and white veined stones for decorative accents
- Extra black basalt gravel creates furious contrasts with white marble gravel
- Rose quartz unfolds an elegant and romantic flair in the country house front garden with its delicate pink tones
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Common grain sizes for ornamental gravel are 16/25 to 25/40. By working with different grain sizes within one gravel type, you create a subtle change in the visual effect.
These grasses form a wonderful partnership with gravel
Grass and gravel stage a front garden, the visual aura of which is reduced to clear forms without appearing boring. We have selected the most beautiful species from the wide range of ornamental grasses:
- Blue fescue (Festuca cinerea) with stalks in impressive steel blue to ice blue; 15-25 cm
- Blue ray oats (Helictotrichon sempervirens) spreads a Mediterranean flair with yellow spikes over blue stalks; 60 cm
- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) with its majestic stature gladly takes on the function of a leading plant; 120-150 cm
- Mosquito grass (Bouteloua gracilis) enchants with filigree spike flowers and leaf textures; 20-40 cm
Bearskin fescue (Festuca gautieri 'Pic Carlit') is a prime example of the perfect ornamental grass in the gravel bed. Its hemispherical tufts of grass with pointed, fresh-green stalks unfold in all their glory where sunny, sandy-lean conditions prevail.
Tips
For a front yard on the North side the combination of grasses and gravel is not recommended. Due to the cool and humid microclimate, the stones are regularly covered with algae and moss. For shady locations, robust ground cover such as ivy (Hedera helix) or fat man (Pachysandra terminalis) are more suitable than a mulch layer of gravel.
