black rubber edging rather than curbing around shrub beds
 

Any opinions on rubber edging before rocks placed as mulch in beds, instead of curbing

Just one opinion .... Curbing adds more visual appeal, and is obviously more expensive.

From what I have observed, the metal (steel?) edging seems to stay more cleanly in place here than the rubber edging does, but it may be because of the way it has been installed..... there's an art to installation of each type, I would think.

I would also think the invasive nature of Zoysia grass would be controlled better by curbing rather than with rubber or steel.

I recently purchased a product at Home Depot called EcoBorder. It is made from recycled material and comes in 4' pliable lengths. Have not installed yet, but there is no digging involved and has a mower edge that the tires can go over to eliminate having to string trim. I am using it as an edging for a walkway I am installing in a bed
of mulch - the color of the edging matches the red mulch so it will blend nicely and keep the stones in my walkway in place. More expensive than rubber, but less than curbing. So maybe a nice compromise that would work for you.

We opted for stepping bricks and rubber mulch.


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We don't care for it at all, to each his/her own

One stat that should be added in with all the other stats concerning The Villages is how many miles of curb-it have been installed.

not a fan of curbing, but do like the brick or slate look

Curbing can be nice, but I wonder if the depth is deep enough, to stop the spreading of weeds and grass into flower bedding?

Had curbing installed last year...
Our landscape beds are still grass and weed free.

We went with metal edging on sides and back of house. Looks good, works well, the only once who see it is us and our back yard neighbors. If we want to change at some point in time we can. But once the curbing is down, it is there, color and all. Plus we do have neighbors that have the curbing that is fading. Can be fixed, but it probably would require redoing the whole thing since touch-ups would stand out.

What about no edge? That's what I have and the grass doesn't really grow into the beds that bad. My mowing people still edge it and I think that helps.

JP, not sure how long you're living there but for the rest of us Zoysia grass is about as invasive as it gets. It will quickly overrun any bare areas even those that are heavily mulched. Without edging you don't stand a chance. Zoysia spreads via "runners" both above and below ground and will travel even under 4" of stone.

I've been here two years and I completely agree with JP.

Every few weeks I walk around with Roundup and give the runners a shot. There aren't very many of them. They turn brown and blend in with the pine straw. Easy peasy.