Borders and woodchips

[skotl]

Hi all

we're finally getting started on our new house and I've been getting stuck into the borders up against the house.
There were a ton of creeper vines that I've done my best to remove, forking down around 2ft and getting rid of pretty much any vegetation I could find.

My wife is now enthused and has planted a bunch of flowers & bulbs in the virgin soil.
I reckon, through no more knowledge than reading product brochures, that we should put down woodchip or similar, to fight off the weeds. TBH, neither of us has a heart-felt desire to spend endless weekends pulling up weeds; is woodchip the way to go?

Thanks
Scott

 

[r896neo]

Any kind of mulch will help suppress weeds to a certain degree. Perenials such as dandelions will still come up through it but it will help with wind blown annuals

 

[Susiejb]

Its good to put down some weed barrier cloth to help suppress the weeds, you can cut holes in it to allow plants to grow...coloured gravel can be handy as a fill in, a bit more substantial than mulch or bark.

Unless you have a greenhouse and can grow your own from plug plants and if the borders are big I would plant some perennials....it is a hard job to constantly keep planting annuals, and quite costly too.

 

[r896neo]

You can't fabric over it if you've planted bulbs unless you have OCD and marked their position exactly.