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Plants are Social, So Why Do We Surround Them with Mulch?

Azaleas in a sea of mulch in Avon.  Plants can be used instead to fill in the spaces between shrubs, bushes and other flowers. (Amy Eddings, ideastream)

Ideastream's Amy Eddings, host of "Morning Edition" on 90.3 WCPN, noticed a funny thing on the way back from a recent trip to her local garden center.  All those plants she brought home end up spaced far apart in her garden beds.  "My mulch-to-plant ratio," she said, "is about 60-40!"  She visited the Cleveland Botanical Garden and consulted its head of horticultural exhibits, Cynthia Druckenbrod, for advice.

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