Can you fire the landscapers? I don't have commercial weedwackers, but I have a husband who only knows grass. Everything else is a weed. I put green metal edging around my beds and he is not to do anything inside of the edging without me standing right there. For now put something around the fern pushed into the ground. A large plastic flower pot with the bottom cut out or something similar, like a big coffee can. Label with a plant marker. It should come back.

something like the 2nd and 4th pic.. is a good way to make sure your beds are delineated ...

ken

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there is a typo in my search term... try here .. all kinds of alternatives ... might be hard to find locally.. this time of year ...

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heres what i do...it has fixed all my issues...go to a hardware store and buy cinder blocks...line your gardens with the blocks and tell your landscapers that if they get too close, they may hit the cinder blocks which will cause injury. they wont go close to your plants again!

haha, just kidding, dont do that...just get mailbox markers for heavy snow, the kind with a flag on top, and line the garden, if your landscapers arent mentally questionable, they will respect the obvious boundaries...that is actually what works for me

1. Cover the soil around the base of the young tree with a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch. Spread the mulch out over the root zone of the tree, but leave a 2-inch space between the trunk and the mulch layer. The mulch suppresses weeds so they don't grow near the tree trunk and helps prevent lawn grass from encroaching on the area.

2. Open a plastic tree guard, which resembles a length of plastic corrugated pipe, along its opening seam. Slip the guard around the trunk and slide it down until the bottom rests on the soil. The guard protects the tree from mechanical damage and also prevents rodents from chewing on the tender young bark.

3. Pull any weeds by hand that grow through the mulch. Use string trimmers only around the perimeter of the mulched area to prevent damage to the trunk.

4. Remove the tree guard when the trunk grows too large for the device, usually within one to two years depending on the tree variety. Replenish the mulch layer once or twice a year to maintain its depth so it can continue to suppress weed growth.