White rocks for landscaping: which size and which product
Start with the job, not the color chip. The white rocks for landscaping on this page fall into three families. Angular crushed grades, Ultra White Rock, White Glacier Rock and Salt N Pepper Gravel, lock together and stay where you rake them, which suits beds, borders and drives. Rounded grades, Snow White Pebbles and Himalaya White Polished Pebbles, are tumbled smooth and read softer in a courtyard or a pot. Compacting fines, White Ice D.G. and White D.G., pack into a firm path. If you want one white rock for landscaping a whole yard, a 3/4 inch angular grade is the safest single choice.
White stones for landscaping vs white gravel rocks
The two phrases describe the same shelf from different ends. White stones for landscaping usually means the decorative, rounded, larger material people set in beds, around pots and along a dry creek, sold from about 1 inch up. White gravel rocks usually means the working grades, 3/8 inch to 1-1/2 inch, spread over an area as ground cover or a path. The stone is the same; size and shape decide the job. Rounded stone rolls underfoot and under tires, so keep it out of driveways, while angular gravel holds a slope and a walking surface. Order a sample of either before you commit to a full load.
How much white rock do I need
Multiply the length by the width of the area in feet, then pick a depth. The coverage calculator on this page uses 1.4 tons per cubic yard for rock and gravel, so one ton covers about 115 square feet at 2 inches, about 75 square feet at 3 inches and about 58 square feet at 4 inches. Beds and ground cover take 2 inches, a walkway 3 inches, and a driveway 4 inches over a compacted base. A 10 by 20 foot bed is 200 square feet, which is about 1.75 tons at 2 inches. Size your own area with the coverage calculator.
White landscape rock at Earth Stone Rock runs $151.99 to $897 per ton picked up at the yard, with the crushed and compacting grades at the low end and the hand sorted white pebbles at the top. A half ton sack and a 50 pound bag are priced from the same stone. The table is generated from the live product prices on this store, so it is the figure you will see at checkout before delivery.
Delivery is quoted by weight and distance at checkout; enter your ZIP on any product page. White rock near me: pick up at the Rosamond or Visalia yard, or we deliver across California and ship bagged stone nationwide.
White landscaping stones for xeriscape, pool surrounds and fire safe ground
White landscaping stones reflect heat and light instead of storing it, which is why they turn up in xeriscape plans, around pools and in the noncombustible band next to a building. Three cautions are worth hearing first. White shows dust and leaf litter more than a dark stone, so it suits open, sunny, low traffic ground. It throws real glare next to a south facing wall or a pool deck, and a coarser grade scatters less light than a fine one. In damp shade or under sprinkler overspray it can green up with algae. Hose or blow it off twice a year and it stays bright. Compare it with black landscape rock or read how to choose landscape rock color.
