What color of mulch should I use>?

Question

The color of my house is gray and white with red brick. Concrete (gray) winding side walk, gray cobblestone paths, and white park bench?

What color of mulch should I use?

Answer 1

rich red, with out a doubt.

Answer 2

I would just go with cedar chips or bark chips. They start out reddish-brown, but eventually fade to a grayish brown.

Answer 3

is it just mulch or are there plants in there aswell?

can you add ground cover?

it sounds quite traditional. stay in line with that.

Answer 4

They make mulch the color of dark soil, or black.  It's what my mother, a master gardener, prefers.  I know that my local Wal-Mart carries it, so I'm sure you can get it anywhere.

Answer 5

Sort of subjective, innit? I personally like mulches that look as natural as possible.  If you can find the dark brown/black stuff that looks like rich soil, that would be my first choice, but it can be a bit pricey.  Fine cedar chips are nice -- they start out a bit chocolaty-looking for my taste, but they soon fade to a far more sedate and soilish-looking greyish-brown.

Just don't use that dyed stuff.  Not only is the color really garish, IMO, but the dye will actually *run* when it gets wet, and if you live somewhere where it snows in the winter, you'll have lovely pink snow on all your beds.

Answer 6

Red cedar for sure. dont buy black mulch. it fades real quick and looks like c**p or old dirt if you will