Chippings that won't green for North Facing patio

Hi Everyone

I'm new to the forum and after a little bit of advice on stone chippings. I am quite the gardening novice. We are just doing a small project at the moment, our front garden.

We'll be putting a weed membrane down and then covering that with chippings. The question I have is...what chippings!?

What we want is something that will catch and reflect the light but not go green. The front of the house is a little dull.

White chippings. These would probably go green very quickly given that it is North facing and at the bottom of a hill, so gets wet frequently. In my opinion when white chippings go green they don't look great.

I wondered if there were any suggestions?

Maybe something that was a harder compound and less porous might help?

All advice is appreciated

Thanks

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

Slate's probably your best bet, used to live in Wales and the slate heaps certainly didn't go green

Despite the 200 inch a year rainfall.

Llanberis Slate is a nice purple colour.

 

How about these if they go green you won't notice.