Rethinking Mulch: Is There Ever a Good Reason to Use It in a Landscape?

Mulch has been a hot topic in the horticultural world as of late. A scathing essay by Radovan Hajek, a co-owner of US Perennials Nursery, on the American aesthetic of too much mulch and too few plants has been making the rounds in popular garden newsletters. Hajek writes, “Mulch became more important than the plants themselves. […]