Alternatives to wood chip

[Eddie Adams]

Has anyone seen an alternative to woodchip/pine needles as ground cover material to ornamental grasses or shrubs beds.
The areas I am talking about may come into play and I have my reservations with regard to the playing qualities of woodchips/pine needles, sand seems to offer a better medium but I know there may be specific reasons why this may not be considered, any suggestions for alternative materials?

Eddie Adams

[cary lichtenstein]

We have some black colored ugly stuff here at Admirals Cove, suggest you avoid it.

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Eddie,
I once saw a method of using crushed up sea shells for footpaths and other certain areas on a very old course in Scotland.

(All of these areas were in fact in play)

[JohnV]

There is the synthetic pine straw from this company:

http://www.syntheticstraw.com/

The big problem with that is all the synthetic stuff becomes movable obstructions which makes for a rules pain.

[Bruce Katona]

native pea gravel may work well if there is a local source....ball will sit up nicely if it lands in the shrub bed....doesn't cost much to mantain...oncot twice a year spray or retard weed or grass growth.

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