Not only do mulch volcanoes affect your trees' health, but they also don't benefit the local ecosystem. This landscaping ...

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Trees planted in lawns can benefit from a mulched ring to reduce competition with grass roots and keep mowers and weed whips from damaging trunks. If the tree is small, mulch out to the drip line of ...

Homeowners have complicated relationships with trees. Most people know how important trees are to our environment, our health, and the landscape on which their properties sit. At the same time, trees ...

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When you’re mulching your trees, you want to create a doughnut shape around them with the mulch so they will receive vital nutrients and receive water at the roots without dampening the tree’s trunk.

Piling mulch up on the tree trunk is called volcano mulching and is a bad practice. The mulch creates a moist area that can cause rot and decay of the bark layer of the tree. Courtesy Johnson County ...

While it may not boost the tree's health, this long-lasting landscaping cover offers a simple hack to protect exposed roots ...

While you might not think of it as a danger to plant life, mulch can actually be a hidden killer to trees when it is overused and managed improperly. Mulch volcanoes may sound explosive, but their ...

If you recently planted trees in your landscape, or if you simply love these stately landscape assets, the title may be alarming. I recently wrote articles on tree selection and tree installation ...