Flagstone Edging Ideas
Flagstone edging enhances the look of a flowerbed, a favorite specimen plant or a garden water feature, such as a small waterfall or pond. Flagstones edging a lawn are an attractive way to keep a well-traveled path from wearing down the grass. Through a large flowerbed, a flagstone edging provides a natural-looking division and easy access to the plants. For a vegetable or herb garden, a flagstone edging keeps with a natural theme. Does this Spark an idea?
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Edging a Flowerbed, Herb or Vegetable Garden
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A flowerbed overflowing with colorful flowers benefits from the simple, natural look of neutrally colored flagstones. In small garden spaces, flagstones edging an herb or vegetable garden bring a decorative accent to the plot, making it suitable to be included in the pleasure garden areas of the yard. Edge flowerbeds and vegetable and herb gardens with a single horizontal layer of flagstones in footpath fashion; stack the flagstones to create a raised edging or low wall; or bury the flagstones halfway into the soil vertically.
Edging a Specimen Plant
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A featured, favorite plant deserves a beautiful setting. Encircle a specimen plant to its dripline. A mature tree may be underplanted with spring flowering bulbs or colorful annuals within the flagstone edging. A flowering or foliage shrub in a xeriscaped landscape scheme is set off to advantage, the flagstone providing a visual break from otherwise unrelieved gravel. Flagstone used in this way is attractive either in a single layer or stacked.
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Edging a Garden Water Feature
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A large slab of flagstone creates a natural looking waterfall in this elaborate example. Prefabricated for home assembly, pond and waterfall kits are available at home centers. A wide range of sizes and styles make personalizing your kit simple. Flagstone edging can be the finishing touch that gives the water feature a natural appearance. Flagstones can be positioned around the edge of the pond horizontally to form a lip over the water. For kits including a waterfall feature, stack flagstones irregularly to create a natural-looking waterfall spilling into the pond.
Large-Scale Areas
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The edges of a lawn or graveled yard can become worn and tattered looking where there is regular foot traffic. Edging the entire area, or selected traffic areas, can preserve the look of the lawn or gravel. Use large flagstones, or create a wide swath using smaller flagstones, in keeping to the scale of the area. Flagstone creates a definite demarcation between driveways, walkways or home foundations, and lawn or graveled sections of a garden.
Properly Setting Flagstone
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For horizontally laying flagstone, mark out the area where the flagstone will be laid. Dig out 5 inches of soil, and lay weed-prevention matting down. Fill with sand to within half the thickness of the flagstone, so that the flagstone will be just above the soil, lawn or gravel surface. Fit flagstones together horizontally in a jigsaw fashion in the sand, and tamp down. Stacked flagstone may be suitable in situations where additional outdoor seating is desirable, or where a low wall would be visually pleasing. Use wide stones for stacking to create a stable structure.
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