River rock in Austin, TX, can be a beautiful part of residential landscaping design. Technically, placement of rock is considered an aspect of hardscaping, even though it is loose and not solid pavement like concrete or brick. Placement of river rock can surround shrubs and trees, and it can be used to draw attention to the front entryway.
The Home’s Perimeter and Rock Gardens
Residential property owners may like to line the perimeter of the house with river rock in Austin, TX too. This provides a clean look in which some plants can still be grown, including small bushes and plants that do well in rock gardens. A raised rock garden or two in strategic areas near the house will look pretty with this type of material and some decorative elements. It should be noted that some plants respond much better to bark mulch. Guidelines can be found online.
Painting Rocks
River rock delivered by a company such as Loftin Trucking & Materials LLC can be left as is, with its variations in colors from natural processes. Increasingly, though, buyers of the material are having fun painting the stones to liven up part of the landscape with additional color. Glow-in-the-dark paint can be used sparingly to create intriguing highlights in the yard, similar to the way solar lamps are used.
Finding More Uses
Depending on the amount of landscaping the homeowners want to complete with these stones, they may need to place another order later in the season. People are often surprised at how quickly their first order of river rock is used as they find additional places they want to put it. With its decorative features, the stone can be used to border flower and vegetable gardens growing in soil, for instance.
Residential property owners also may come up with new landscaping ideas they hadn’t considered before, realizing that this rock would be an ideal feature there. An example would be a Zen or meditation garden. A blend of large stones as borders for paths along with river rock for decorative purposes provides the hardscaping in an area with fragrant plants and benches.
