Letter to the editor: Letting Grass Grow: Re‑evaluating Groundcover Management Around Urban Trees

Richard Eltringham writes to HortWeek: "For many practitioners, the maintenance regime around amenity trees has barely changed in half a century: suppress the grass, expose the root flare, apply herbicide if necessary, and reinstate the mulch ring."

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