"Bishoop" wrote in message
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Up till now we've always covered the ground in the shrub and flower beds
with wood derived mulch.

Now we've decided we like the looks of rocks in place of the old mulch and
are wondering if there any associated problems.

When your shrubs drop some leaves as a normal course of living, they blend
in and decompose in the mulch. If you have landscape stones the dropped
leaves stand out and look pretty dorky, and it's hard as the dickens to
clean them out with a landscape rake.