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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Hostafan1 says:

    B3, in a warm loving way, DON'T. 

    I hate them, they invariably look naff and hardly anyone ever keeps to them.If you need a path, make a path.

    You might ,however, prove me wrong. 

    See original post

     Obviously down to personal opinion, but stepping stones can have their uses.  I have one bed where I need to get into it to do work, but don't need or want a proper path running through it.  By placing stepping stones in there, I can get in amongst things without risking treading on plants I want.  Ground cover plants will grow over them in time but can be moved out of the way when I need to.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    if ground cover plants grow over them, will you be able to see them to stand on without standing on the ground cover plants?

    As I've said, I'm happy to be proven wrong.

    Devon.
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    Hosta - in my case, balance is no longer what it was and, having flattened plants by going face down, stepping stones are necessary image

    SW Scotland
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    I'm sure my ground cover will grow and leave a perfect little spot where I can glide betwixt my perfect perennials.image

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    oh Joyce, , I think we've all been there. 

    I think it comes under the heading " situations where it's impossible to retain dignity" image

    Devon.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Hostafan1 says:

    if ground cover plants grow over them, will you be able to see them to stand on without standing on the ground cover plants?

    As I've said, I'm happy to be proven wrong.

    See original post

     If you bothered to read all of my post you would see that I said I will be able to move the ground cover plants.  Therefore I won't stand on them.  I'll need to access that part of the garden quite frequently so any growth over the stepping stones can be easily controlled.

    Sorry if I'm failing to bow to your oh so obviously greater knowledge, and to agree with your opinion!

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

      ALL opinions and advice are much appreciated. I've been offered some practical tips and the good and bad experiences of other gardeners and I'm grateful to all of you.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150

    I have some strategically placed bits of stone dotted here and there to gain better access to the unreachable areas, and very handy they are too.

    Some are home to seasonal pots which can be taken off when I need to step on it, one has a saxifrage creeping over which peels back like lifting a rug. 

    On a lighthearted note, I couldn't resist buying this one for Mr K from B&Q's stepping stone collection. (It's his birth year image)

    image

    I just need to find a spot for it when I've lifted some flags for the new bed.

    Drat it came out sideways image

    Last edited: 30 August 2016 12:46:45

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Make them large, Hosta is right re the growing over and some ground cover are more easily moved than others. Also, consider height of surrounding plants, you've got to be able to aim your foot in there between sometimes wet, drippy and leaning over plants.

    I've put the odd slab into bits of garden to aid weeding, so's not to stand on other things. It didn't work though, most of the time I couldn't find the slabs for plants.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    "Sorry if I'm failing to bow to your oh so obviously greater knowledge, and to agree with your opinion!"

    I've never claimed to have any greater knowledge, nor asked anyone to agree with me. 

    Devon.
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