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Old 07-21-2018, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by photo1902 View Post
I too had heard that plants "burn" or don't do as well in rock, as opposed to pine straw or mulch. I can attest that every single one of our plants, bushes, shrubs and trees are completely contained in rock islands, for the last four years, and they are thriving.
Ours too. I sort of "debated" with my husband when he wanted to put in rocks and retaining walls, but everything is doing fine. Still get weeds though. We have grass lawn and rock planting beds.
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