gray or more gray. But akin to so many home improvement upgrades for a property these days, pavers come in an almost unlimited variety of hues — and some are even variations on the most basic ...

Baking soda, borax, vinegar, and grey soap are readily available and can effectively clean paving stones. For oil stains, grey or potash soap is particularly effective. A bar costs around $1.30.

Pithily described by those closest as ‘like The Inbetweeners in a Shane Meadows film’, they have proved themselves to be four bright, wild flowers growing between grey paving stones.