| Decorative stone landscaping is one of the best ways to add interest and color contrast in any landscaping garden. Any garden has green as a dominating color. A stone with its natural rough texture can add excellent contrast as far as visual quality is concerned. | ||
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Decorative Stone Landscaping
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Stone is a very popular material on its own because of many reasons. But the most popular reason being its strength.
Because of this it is widely used in heavy masonry work such as compound walls, retaining walls. History is filled with examples of entire castles being built using
dressed stones. In landscaping decorative stones are widely used for many purposes. Depending upon which stone is being used, it can be modified to use as a cladding material on walls or even a paving material. |
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The common types of decorative stones are Granite, Marble and
Quartzite. These stones are dressed or chipped in to 1/2 to 3/4 th inch and used in various forms.
Sometimes these stones are also crushed and used as a decorative floor for artificial fish ponds or rock gardens. Decorative stones are also available in the following colors. depending upon the entire color scheme of the residential building, the color of stones can be made available as per the requirements. Here are some most commonly available colors of decorative stones. Granite - Ruby red, Black cherry, Orange, Blue Marble - Green, White Quartzite - Green, Yellow Decorative stones in the form of pebbles are a great way to create contrast along with lawn areas. Pebbles are commonly used as s decorative stone in Japanese gardens as well. Unlike the big size stones used for construction, decorative stones needs little treatments such as polishing for getting the most out of their beauty. |
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| Special masonry skills are required to transform the decorative stones into the form you are looking for.
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