I'm getting eight yards of mulch installed tomorrow. Some of the mulch is going on the area in the picture. The picture is from last May, but you can see there are hostas, ferns, brunnera, heucherella, etc. Currently the heucherella and brunnera have foliage, but the hostas and ferns are just starting to emerge.
My question - do I need to ask the landscaper to take extra special care when applying mulch to this bed? Can the ferns and hostas be smothered with mulch if they are only beginning to emerge? I thought about marking some of the plants with flags.