Melcourt Bark Nuggets

A long lasting, versatile, high performance mulch, suitable for a wide range of professional and domestic landscape applications, including prestigious sites. Particularly effective when a high quality, decorative finish is required.Nominal particle size range 15 to 65mm

• Naturally acidic
• Free flowing and easy to handle
• Very attractive visual appearance
• Rich mid-brown in colour
• Long effective service life of 4 years plus
• Fire resistant characteristics, confirmed by testing in accordance with BS 4790:1987, make Bark Nuggets particularly useful in areas of potential fire risk, e.g. car parks, vehicle fuel filling stations, adjacent to offices and pedestrian walk ways, housing estates etc
• Processed from natural, sustainably produced pine bark, Douglas fir and larch
• RHS endorsed (when sold in 60 litre bags)
• Certified by the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®)*
• Hostile living environment for pests
• 100% peat free 
• Suppresses weed growth replacing expensive shrub bed hoeing and chemical weed-killing
• Conserves soil moisture, minimising drought stress and plant death and eliminating the need for excessive plant watering
• Substantially enhances the visual appearance of new and existing planted areas
• Successfully used for many years on sites throughout the UK and proved to perform extremely well 
• Provides an insulating layer, substantially reducing the effects of ground freezing and over-heating during extreme weather conditions
• Good resistance to wind and rain erosion 
• Suitable for use on moderate slopes
• Slowly improves the soil’s organic content, as it decomposes
• Easy to lay and install, using simple tools and requiring little subsequent maintenance 
• Allows clean access onto mulched areas for plant pruning