If you work or like to work with plants and flowers, then you must be familiar with mulch.

Mulch is very useful for farming, gardening, and landscaping. In the first case, it works wonders to increase productivity and reduce the workload of the farmer. Specially if you consider that a farmer has way much more territory and that any gains in productivity per plant result, even if small, result in a much better harvest when you multiply it by the number of plants that there are in the field.

Gardening, on the other hand, requires a different type of mulch. The objective is to get it to look well as well as making the flowers grow healthy and look pretty.

Landscaping is another different matter. It not only requires mulch that is good for plant growth and that looks aesthetic, but it also requires to have special qualities in order to be practical for its intended purpose.

Landscaping mulch comes in different types and materials. The type that will be used will depend on the design of the area and its intended use. It is not uncommon for some landscapers to use two or more types of mulch. Some for decoration, some for plant growth, and some for a practical quality, all in the same area.

For example, a common type of landscaping lunch is rubber mulch. There are two kinds of rubber landscaping mulch. The first one is regular rubber landscaping mulch that controls weed growth, regulates soil temperature and retains soil moisture. The second kind of rubber landscaping mulch is playground mulch. This one is much more finely shredded and it’s meant for softening impacts from children falling from playground equipment.

In addition, there are typed of landscaping mulch that is meant for decoration purposes, such as glass much. Glass landscaping mulch is used for several effects of colors and ornamentation. A common application is to represent small sparkly streams, fountains or waterfalls.

Landscaping mulch can also be regular mulch for plants that is dyed with mulch dye. Dyed landscaped mulch can come in several colors and be used for complex or interesting designs. However, some landscapers prefer only natural landscaping mulch, as they believe any color will make the areas they work on look unnatural. Others use it for creating garden clocks, paths, or other types of special effects.

Landscaping mulch can come in different presentations and materials. Before buying it, it is important to have the complete design of the area in order to get the most appropriate one. This will result in a much more aesthetic look, greater practicality, and better plants.