Yellow Limestone

This is a reliable, traditional looking stone that is perfect for someone who wants their garden to maintain a natural feel.

Garden design tends to edge towards unnatural colours and patterns these days, but yellow limestone retains a full feeling of natural stone and is perfect for those who want to maintain a traditional space.

Closer to buff, with cream in the mix. It is a blend of honey yellows, creams, soft browns and the occasional grey, warmer than a pure cream stone but lighter than a brown sandstone. The tumbling process it goes through, which rolls the slabs to soften the edges, gives it an aged, weathered look from day one. The colours mellow further as the patio settles, moving towards a gentler, more traditional palette.

Occasionally, yes. Limestone forms from compressed marine sediment, so faint shell traces and darker mineral veining appear on some slabs and not others. They are natural features of the stone rather than flaws, and they will not wear away. The surface itself is naturally smooth with fine irregular pitting across it, which catches the light and gives the stone depth close up. 

It can, as any natural stone will where the surface stays damp and out of the sun. Algae growth is about conditions rather than the stone: shade, poor drainage and overhanging planting are what cause it. A pale stone shows green sooner than a dark one. Lay the patio with a fall so water runs off, keep leaves swept up, and clean once or twice a year with a pH-neutral cleaner, never an acid-based one. 

Choose the 90 x 60cm packs for a modern layout with large slabs and simple straight joints, or where you want fewer joints across an open area. Each slab covers 0.54m² and packs come as 1, 10 or 20 slabs. The mixed pack holds 90 x 60cm, 60 x 60cm, 60 x 29cm and 29 x 29cm, which suits a traditional random pattern and copes better with an awkward shape, as the smaller sizes reduce cutting. 

Yes, and the contrast is strong. Both are Indian limestone with the same naturally smooth, lightly pitted surface, so they sit together as a family even though the colours are opposites. Use one as a border or a banding course and the other as the main field rather than alternating them, which looks restless. Check the thicknesses match before ordering, as our Kota Black and Yellow Limestone are not supplied in the same calibration. 

Copings yes, circle kits no. Our Yellow Limestone wall coping comes with hand dressed edges, so a garden wall or raised bed can be finished in the same stone as the paving. We do not make a Yellow Limestone circle. If you want a circle feature in this part of the garden, our sandstone circle kits come in Kandla Grey, Raj Green and Rippon Buff, and the Rippon Buff sits closest in tone. 

No. Our walling stone comes in sandstone, including Kandla Grey and Fossil, rather than limestone, and we do not stock limestone rockery stone. For a wall beside a Yellow Limestone patio, our Fossil Sandstone walling stone is the nearest tonal match, in cream and caramel shades, and the Yellow Limestone coping can still be used to finish the top so the wall ties back to the paving. 

As cobbles, not block paving. Our Yellow Limestone cobbles come in 20 x 10cm at £1.50 each, which is the matching edging for this stone and works well as a border, path edge or small feature area. They are considerably thicker than the slabs, so they also suit a spot that takes more wear.