Save Our Cypress

Just Say No To Cypress Mulch

Alternative mulches have similar quality

News-Press.com, April 12, 2008

"We need to educate people," said Mary Duryea, professor and extension specialist of the University of Florida's School of Forest Resources and Conservation. "Do we want to use cypress harvested from wetlands or help melaleuca from lands down there (in South Florida)?

"As far as quality, pine bark, melaleuca, eucalyptus all last just as long as cypress and do just as good a job."

Kevin Lollar
News-Press.com