Lawn Edging For Trees And Beds
Separating elements in a landscape has always been a perfect way to enhance the appearance and to augment the ease of maintenance in our yards and landscapes. But there are abundant other aspects of garden help they offer, some preventative, some simply pretty and some a combination of both.
Edging For Trees In A Lawn
Young trees have a dangerous and “edgy” existence in the midst of our lawns. Scraping the bark off at lawnmower-wheel-level is frightfully common. Needless to say, using a ‘strimmer’ - a ‘weedeater’ - can literally “girdle” the lowest bark on a young tree and rapidly kill it, just as is the case of lawnmowers wheels and parts abrading it’s young bark.
By placing a round swatch of edging in a circular manner around the tree, we give a wide berth to invading threats of human dimension. We also upgrade the look by quite a bit in the opinions of most people, even enlarging and promoting the planting of bulbs, annuals or ever shrubbery or perennials in the new space provided. Not only, in this sense, does the edging produce protection for trees but it also adds an aesthetic element to the landscape in general. It becomes “design” at this point and can assume all sorts of shapes and forms.
Edging For Garden Beds
In general, bearing in mind the multi-purpose benefits of lawn edging, designing lawns with provisions for beds of all shapes and sizes can add value and beauty - plus add color and form - to our landscapes. While the edging itself performs a utilitarian role of holding back invading rhizomes going each direction, the utilization of it also allows for all sorts of elemental separations and design options. Placing appropriate beauty inside the beds - from art work to horticultural wonders, boulders or lighting - finishes off the entire process resulting in an easy “mowing” and a grateful “mower”. (Of the human kind, ;-) )
Practical Edging Concerns
In the end, while we make every effort to protect and enhance our garden investments, details such as edging materials and overall spacing matter. Of equal importance in the installation procedures as especially relates to plant selection, we do ourselves huge favors by considering the plantings involved.
For example, Bamboo, as attractive as it is - and it most certainly is all of that - has a nasty tendency towards Imperialism. It sends out shoots which can travel for astounding distances, all below the surface and all struggling like mad for water, air, light, dirt and anything it can wrap itself up with.
Typically, in dealing with the more invasive Bamboo’s, it pays to use an edging which is far deeper than the standard-issue lawn rhizome preventions. Up to a meter of depth is often required.
Thus, it pays not only to be selective about designing and producing edging to retain grass - it works the other way as well.
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