Melcourt Ornamental Bark Mulch is a high-performance mulch suitable for a wide range of smaller-scale professional and domestic landscape applications, where a neat, decorative finish is required.
Key Information: - Nominal particle size range 5 to 35mm
- Naturally acidic
- Free-flowing and easy to handle
- Rich mid-brown in colour
- Long effective service life of 2 years plus
- Fire-resistant characteristics, confirmed by testing in accordance with BS 4790:1987, make Melcourt Ornamental Bark Mulch particularly useful in areas of potential fire risk, e.g. car parks, vehicle fuel filling stations, adjacent to offices and pedestrian walkways, housing estates etc.
- Processed from natural, sustainably produced British pine, Douglas Fir and larch bark
- RHS endorsed (when sold in 60 litre bags)
- Certified by the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®)*
- 100% peat free
- Hostile living environment for pests
- Suppresses weed growth replacing expensive shrub bed hoeing and chemical weed-killing
- Conserves soil moisture, minimising drought stress and plant death and eliminating the need for excessive plant watering.
- Substantially enhances the visual appearance of new and existing planted areas
- Successfully used for many years on sites throughout the UK and proved to perform extremely well
- Provides an insulating layer, substantially reducing the effects of ground freezing and overheating during extreme weather conditions.
- Slowly improves the soil?s organic content, as it decomposes into the soil
- Easy to lay and install, using simple tools and requiring little subsequent maintenance
- Allows clean access onto mulched area for plant pruning
Available in 60 litre bags, bulk bags and in loose bulk loads
This product is from FSC MIX Sources at a minimum of 70%, FSC certificate number CU-COC-806457.*
How to Install:
- Ensure the area to be mulched is entirely free from both annual and perennial weeds
- Lay Melcourt Ornamental Bark Mulch evenly onto freshly cultivated moist soil, after planting has been completed.
- The mulch should be laid at between 50 to 100mm depths, allowing at least 5% for settlement
- For greatest longevity, do not disturb once applied
Note: Product sold in loose bulk is FSC certified by special request only.
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