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What is the best stone for the courtyard rockery?

The stones commonly used in courtyard rockery are Taihu Stone, Quartz Stone, Melaleuca Stone, Taishan Stone, Turtle Stone and Water Absorbing Stone.

1, Taihu stone

Taihu stone, also known as cave stone and rockery, is slowly formed after long-term erosion of limestone, with different shapes and postures and transparency. Its color can best reflect the beauty of "wrinkle, leakage, thinness and transparency", and its color is mostly white stone, with few blue black stone and yellow stone. Taihu Stone is one of the four famous playing stones and strange stones in ancient China.

2. Shi Ying

Also known as Yingde Stone. Shi Ying has a long history of development and appreciation, which was recorded in the Song Dynasty's "Yunlin Stone Spectrum" and was listed as a royal tribute in the Song Dynasty. With the characteristics of "wrinkle, thinness, leakage and transparency", it has great ornamental and collection value and is listed as one of the four famous garden stones in China. Mainly used for landscaping rockery.

3. Melaleuca stone

The shape with clear bedding and distinct concave-convex stripes often presents the landscape of mountains, holes and ditches. The modeling posture is majestic and heavy, delicate and vivid, or tactfully delicate, which is of great appreciation value. Melaleuca stones can be used to decorate gardens and courtyards, or as hall stones, or as bonsai, which has high ornamental value.

4. Taishan stone

Hard texture, calm, dignified and vigorous tone, mostly in the form of transparent and semi-transparent texture pictures. It is famous for its beautiful and changeable texture and long-term weathered appearance. Taishan stone is famous at home and abroad for its simple, vigorous and dignified style, which means stable as Mount Tai and stable as a stone.

5.tortoise stone

Named after the surface pattern resembles the turtle back pattern, its texture is as hard as a turtle shell. Tortoise shell is mostly half-naked on the surface, simple and elegant, magnificent. Its forms are vertical structure and horizontal structure. The vertical turtle stone is steep and steep, mostly in the shape of mountains, cliffs, peaks and columns.

6. Absorbent stone

It can emit moisture, can be used as a rockery or bonsai, and has the function of wetting the environment. Weeds and moss can be planted on the water-absorbing stone, which is green and moist and is a good stone for making bonsai. It is gradually loved by the public and has high collection and ornamental value.