Tom Jaszewski wrote:

On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 08:47:25 -0400, Stephen Henning
wrote:


stones in the shade (not in the sun),



Generally good advice unless you happen to live in the Southwest and
are planting water efficient native gardens, which are all the rage
theses days,

Regards,
Tom

Well, I (OP) live in Massachusetts. I don't much like the look of
little rocks around trees....

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Jean B.