Can You Put River Rock Over Mulch

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Between you and me i think round river stone beds are pretty and attractive. While not required you can leave about 2 inches of mulch in place to cushion and level large rocks if applicable. I think if you put the rock over top of the mulch it might discolor the rock when it decomposes especially if you are using white rock. Rock heats up then retains the heat frying the roots of the trees and shrubs it surrounds.

Trees and shrubs mulched with rock never thrive. Like with mulch it can be difficult to add annual plants to because it can be hard to dig through to get to the soil. The wood will break down over time. As with mulch river rock isn t perfect and has a few limiting features to note.

You will still have to pull weeds say one good weeding at the start of spring but less than if you have bare mulch or rock. Now you re heating the roots plus suffocating and killing off the soil under the plastic. Flowers don t thrive in beds mulched with rocks but sturdy drought tolerant plants like succulents do well. You can put the rock on top of the mulch.

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The landscaper said what he would do is instead of removing the rock he would come in there with heavy mulch and put it directly over the rocks. Unless they used a lot of stones ie thick layer say 3 you will start to see the weed mat where the stones move and will hate seeing it. So you ll remove it. Edging keeps rock beds looking tidy.

Click to read my privacy and disclosure. Since you have stone on a weed mat you will eventually need to remove the whole thing anyway. Out here kinickinick and oregon grape are common choices for filler in between larger shrubs. I thought about getting someone to remove the rocks and replace it with mulch.

I wanted to wait a bit to share because i wanted to give my honest opinion on the mulch vs. The previous owner put down white rocks from my driveway all the way down around my shrubs. Weeds will continue to grow between the stones. Often landscapers would lay down black plastic first cut a hole in it and plant the shrub.

I felt like i really needed to see how the river rock looked over time before reporting back in on to give advice on replacing mulch for you. Consider your plant material before you decide on a mulch.

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