Landscape bricks for corner flower bed-Any ideas?
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Lou
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Hubby brought bricks for my corner flower bed. I don't like the shape because there is a gap in between each one. Any ideas on how to fill the spaces? Or maybe something to put on top? We don't want to have to buy more to layer them because it would make it too high.
Perhaps you can stake plastic edger on the back side of the bricks and fill the gap with pebbles or sand. Sand would probably wash out over time. I'd go with the pebbles. There are colorful ones you can buy.
flip every other brick
How about solar landscape lights between every other stone, and/or candytuft, alyssum or creeping phlox groundcover which would cascade over the edge. Think it would be beautiful.
They need to be dug in a little more (and turned over. The lip is used on a next layer so there's a staggered look to the blocks). The garden should then be filled with more dirt. Once this is done, the stones will look much better. Then plant short bunching plants butt up to the blocks. Good luck.
Blocks of this shape are meant to be put together to make a circle. The arc bordering your corner garden is too shallow for the blocks to fit together properly. I would suggest that you use them, as intended, and form a circle around the driftwood sculpture. Doing so would not only make a focal point to the garden, but would also add some height variation and dimension. For edging, purchase other blocks, a shape more to your liking.
If you are in an area that stays above 5 degrees f. Try needle palm. We have four performing very well in northern Delaware.
Add some cool plant filler like Irish Moss or one of the small sedum succulents. https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02CLOWKNaiR7_rfem_To-H2WeVn3Q:1626834194949&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=pictures+of+rock+filler+for+block+wall+like+irish+moss+or+sedum+succulents&client=opera&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb4rDSjfPxAhUgFDQIHUuXC7wQjJkEegQIBhAC&biw=1326&bih=627