Before I built my deck on the east side of the house I looked at several different types of rock. Just half of what I ended up building was ... a pretty penny. I started thinking about what it would look like to keep the rocks clean. That was one drawback. Then I thought about what it would be like to move all those rocks: spread 'em, etc.Yeah, the places I put the rock weren't all that small. And I had to do them all in stages, lol. I looked for a place that had that type of rock I used in bulk quantities, but none were close enough that wouldn't charge me a ton extra in delivery. So I just bought the bag you can get from HD or Lowe's. I usually bought 20 at a time.
Plus I have a couple more places I want to do and put rock. But one is rather large and will take a LOT of rock to fill.
The idea was dismissed. It's a deck now. And, as I've said, I'm still building onto it. (Heavy duty appliance pallets that are treated make a good foundation for a deck.)
Just walked outside to take a bit of a break...stopped counting at 100+ rose buds that are just about there.