Product Description:

Longrake Green Slate is a natural slate chipping in muted green and grey-green tones, supplied in a 20kg bag. The 40mm size suits borders and flower beds, rockeries, water features and pond edging, pot toppings, and decorative dressing around patios and planting.

Slate lies differently from rounded gravel. The pieces are flat and plate-like, so they settle into overlapping layers that give good coverage for the volume used and knit into a close, even surface. Over a weed membrane, those layers block light from the soil beneath and keep weed growth down while still letting water drain through freely. The green colouring is natural to the stone rather than applied, and it deepens noticeably when wet.

Green slate is the quieter of the slate colours. Where blue slate contrasts with planting, green blends into it, sitting comfortably with foliage, ferns, and shaded woodland-style beds, and looking particularly natural around ponds and water features. At 40mm the pieces are large and bold, better suited to wider beds and larger features than to containers, where the finer 20mm grade gives a neater finish. A depth of around 40mm to 50mm is usually sufficient for decorative use. Slate is not suitable for driveways, as the flat pieces fracture under vehicle weight.

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