Its leaves are flattened and scale-like, and its bark is reddish-brown with a shredded texture. It is also called arborvitae, Latin for “Tree of Life”, for its alleged medicinal properties. Red pine ...

For more than 20 years, we’ve been using pine bark mulch on our own gardens, while mulch fads came and went. Dyed red wood chips, cypress, dyed shredded rubber and dyed black wood chips have ...