Question: I see a lot of trees along streets and in parking lots with mulch piled up high around the base. Is this a good ...

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In a TikTok video, professional garden designer rootingresilience_ (@rootingresilience_) calls out a common mistake that's quietly damaging trees across the country. The video's description reads: " ...

Speaking of mulching around trees, it must be done properly. Mulch should never be piled up in a mound around the base of the trunk — a practice that has been dubbed “volcano mulching.” ...

The application is the same if it’s the first time mulching a tree or a re-application. Add enough mulch so there is a 2–3-inch layer sloping away from the tree with at least a 3–5-foot radius around ...

Southern Botanical arborist David Brantley breaks down the common issues faced by trees in North Texas and how to address them.

Don’t pile mulch up into volcano-like shape around the base of the tree trunk. Keep the transition space between the roots and trunk, referred to as the root collar, free of mulch so the tree ...

Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini suggests organic mulch around diameter of the tree.

Mulch volcanoes produce a range of detrimental effects that wreak havoc on tree health from vascular strangulation to moisture starvation.

Mulch volcanoes produce a range of detrimental effects that wreak havoc on tree health from vascular strangulation to moisture starvation.

And for the National Park Service, that means uprooting about 150 cherry trees from the Tidal Basin around the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., and turning them into mulch.