Can You Put a Flower Bed Around a Tree

The approach many people take is to cover the area under the tree with a load of loam, then try to grow perennials in that soil. Sometimes they build a circular or geometric raised bed around the trunk of the tree to put a full 8 to 12 inches of extra soil around the tree.

Is it bad to build a flower bed around a tree?

The smaller absorptive roots are generally in the top 3-6 inches of soil. If one adds soil to the area under a tree, as is often done when creating a flower bed, this blocks the flow of oxygen into the upper layers of soil, resulting in injury due to suffocation. It may also promote diseases.

How close to a tree can you plant flowers?

The flowers are best placed approximately 2 feet away from the trunk. Do not add fertilizer to the soil around the tree unless you wish to fertilize your tree at the same time; remember that whatever fertilizer you give to the flowers will also reach the tree.