I recently had someone help me clean out my landscape beds and put in fresh pine bark mulch. I suggested that they put down about 4 inches of mulch. Was that too much? For very light mulch, such as ...

If you need to top up the mulch in your garden, you might be faced with the choice between using pine bark or pine straw. Here's what to know about each one.

Japanese maples are at the top of my list of favorite trees. There is such diversity in growth habit, foliage color, leaf-type, form and even bark color among this group of trees that there really is ...

Bark is a compilation of dead cells that are gradually sloughed off as the trunk grows in diameter. It is formed by an amazing, thin layer of cells known as the vascular cambium. Outer bark — the part ...

A melaleuca bark picture depicts the typical rural landscape of the southwestern Việt Nam. Photo courtesy of Lê Hoàng Nhân The southwestern region of Việt Nam is home to vast melaleuca forests with ...

At this season, one of the most important features of trees and shrubs really shines: bark. “In winter, with the leaves gone, it’s more exposed, and we can really see it,” says Kris Bachtell, vice ...