Siskiyou boulders

Siskiyou is a light, sunny boulder. The base color is golden beige, and thin brown bands cross each stone like fine pencil lines. The banding gives the boulders a clear direction, which you can use in the design. Set several with the bands running the same way and the group looks like one natural outcrop.

Golden beige with fine brown bands

Golden beige is a friendly color in Sacramento yards. It matches dry summer hills, tan stucco and decomposed granite paths.

The brown banding is thin, so from a distance the boulder reads as one warm color. Up close the lines add detail.

Placing banded boulders

Banded stone looks best when the lines are level or tilted the same way from one boulder to the next. Take a moment at the yard to see how each piece wants to sit.

Siskiyou works as an accent in beds, as a border on a slope or beside a path of gold gravel. Roundtree Rock & Gardening shares the yard and sells decomposed granite and gravel, so one stop covers both.

Choosing and buying

Bring a rough count and the sizes you have in mind. Staff weigh the boulders you choose and quote on the spot. Our guide to planning your yard visit lists what else to bring.

Loads sell through, and quarry access can slow in wet weather, so call first if you need a specific size or a large number of boulders.

Popular uses

• Outcrop-style groupings
• Accents along decomposed granite paths
• Slope and hillside borders
• Light-colored focal boulders
• Edges of dry gardens