flowerbed edging

[Newby2]

hi

The edge (border) of a flowerbed in my front garden is made of terracotta (I guess, not sure, similar to that in the picture below).
http://www.manufactum.co.uk/Produkt/193810/1443770/TerracottaFlowerBedEdging.html


It has been there since we moved in (maybe 10+ years). Somehow some part of it have "rotten" (broken to small pieces). I don't know if it is normal for this kind of material to deteriorate like this under the elements? If I want to replace them shall I use the same type of stuff or change to something else?

Thank you!

 

[WabbitPoo]

You shall use the same stuff, or you could use different stuff.























Oh, you mean, which is better?

 

[Thermo]

terracotta will spall in frost (well cheap stuff will, the old victorian stuff wont) you can get concrete equivalents which is longer lasting and cheaper, but not as nice