Flowerbeds brighten and beautify your yard. With the right landscaping supplies, your beds will be easy to maintain so you can enjoy flowers all summer without constant weeding. Landscaping materials also define your beds so they become a focal point of your yard. Here are some landscaping supplies you may want to use when you're making a flowerbed.
Landscaping Fabric
Landscaping fabric helps control weeds. The fabric keeps weeds from popping up through the soil but water can filter through the material easily. By lining your beds with landscaping fabric, you'll cut down on the amount of weed pulling you'll need to do in the coming months.
Edging
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Mulch comes in different colors and it is made from different things. For instance, you could use something natural, such as wood chips. Wood chips will rot away eventually, but in doing so, they enrich the soil. Rocks make good mulch too because they won't decay so they don't need to be replaced. River rocks come in neutral colors and are a beautiful addition to a flower garden.
Stepping Stones
If you plan to put in large flowerbeds, then you could get creative and include a walking path made of stepping stones. A walking path adds visual appeal and it also makes it easy for you to get inside the bed to tend to flowers in the back and middle. You could make a path of mulch materials such as bark or river rock, or you could buy decorative stepping stones from a landscaping center for a more artistic touch.
Trellis
If you plant flowers that climb in vines, consider putting a trellis or two in your flowerbed. As the flowers grow, the trellis becomes covered with color and adds interest to your flowerbed. You can buy them in different shapes so your flowers could take on the appearance of a tower, or they could arch across a