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Articles tagged Mulching

  • Mulching Trees and Shrubs

    | Category: Tree & Plant Care | Tags: Trees and Shrubs, Mulching, Horticultural Care
    Mulching plants is both functional and decorative. Mulch typically is an organic material spread on the soil surface to protect roots from heat, cold, and drought, and to provide nutrients to plants as it decomposes. Once you have chosen the right...

  • Caring For Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs

    | Category: Tree & Plant Care | Tags: fertilizing, Mulching, watering
    By Doris TaylorPlant Information SpecialistThe Morton Arboretum Transplant shock is fairly common in newly transplanted trees. Arboretum researchers have found that a tree can lose as much as 90% of its root system when it is removed from the...