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Please describe the best mulch to use for perennials. I want something that biodegrades, blending into and helping soil improve over the course of the season, so that by next spring it has worked into the earth. Mulch can accomplish three things: retain moisture, stop weeds and make a garden look unified and attractive. Taste in mulch varies widely ‒ from shredded bark to large hunks of wood, from dyed charcoal gray to dyed orange brown, and from pebbles, hay or straw to pine needles, buckwheat hulls, grass clippings or sawdust. Popular mulches sold at garden centers are usually of hardwood or softwood or bark shavings. To enrich your soil, try dry crushed tree leaves mixed with humus or compost. Roots need air, so don’t smother plants with mulch. A couple of inches will do. Why are some of my azaleas turning yellow, and if it’s a bad thing, what can I do to green them up? When healthy dark green azalea leaves turn yellow it often means chlorosis ‒ iron deficiency. Either not enough iron is available in the soil for the azalea to use, or the soil pH is not low enough (acid enough) to release the iron that is there. Or perhaps the soil is compacted, preventing roots from accessing existing iron. Azaleas like light, friable soil with a pH from 4.5 to 5.5. Look for something with iron sulfate or iron chelate to add now, and feed with Holly-tone in the growing season. Other causes might be root
