Carthage Mills’ LX™ Series of Landscape & Ground Cover Fabrics
FUNCTIONS OF LANDSCAPE AND GROUND COVER FABRICS
Landscape and Ground Cover fabrics are used for:
- Retarding Weed Growth
- Reducing Evaporation
- Plant Alignment
- Pedestrian Traffic Areas (WC Landscape Series)
- Retention of Mulch and Reduction of Erosion on Embankments
- Patio and Paver Underlayment
- Drainage
LX™-GC Hi-UV GROUND COVER FABRIC
Carthage Mills LX-GC30 is our premium woven ground cover fabric. The LX-GC fabric is a woven polypropylene geotextile with colored marker yarns every 12 inches, providing quick and easy plant alignment and presentation. Treated with a special UV protection, it is also designed to last approximately 10 years in sunlight and indefinitely in the shade. Puncture and tear resistant, it sustains both pedestrian as well as light vehicle traffic. The material is resistant to insects along with rodents, and also will not rot or support mildew.
LX™-SB SPUNBOND LANDSCAPE FABRICS
Carthage Mills’ LX-SB 20 and LX-SB 30 nonwoven landscape fabrics are spunbond geotextiles, but also make of 100% polyester (PET). These products have high strength to weight ratios, and also provide excellent dimensional stability. The polyester construction of the LX-SB Series is non-biodegradable, and is also rot and mildew resistant, and additionally offers excellent ultra-violet resistance insuring its long life in your project. The SB Series provides excellent separation while allowing for the passage of air, and also water and fertilizer. LX-SB fabrics are ideal to use as a weed block, an underlayment for patio and paver applications, and as a drainage filter fabric.