I want to create raised
beds for planting flowers around the base of several trees. How much soil
should I add?
Do not place
additional soil around the base of your trees. As little as an inch of soil can kill some trees. The
damage caused by changing the soil level will not appear for five or more
years. Suffering trees will eventually
start to decline. The new growth
will be stunted, leaves color up early in the fall, and the tree eventually
dies five or ten years later. A
better solution is to use organic mulches or plant perennial flowers and groundcovers
in the existing soil.
