I often get requests to install flagstone walks and patios with ground cover or ground cover between the stepping stones. In Modesto I almost never see this successful. Most often I see the ground cover have problems and become overwhelmed by weeds. Especially by Oxalis, Annual Blue Grass and Spurge.

 My read is that in the sun and heat here the ground cover gets stressed and thins out. This allows  the weeds room to come in.

 I have been using extra large stepping stones, up to 3x4' pieces, with 4-6" spaces between the stepping stones. I have a successful design that has gone through a full summer. The lawn has done well and so Donna and I are trying it at home. This is in an area where eventually we intend to place pavers for a walk way. In the mean time we are using these flagstone pieces as a walk way to our front door.

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   As we see the results I will report

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