Clover Bark Chips 60L - 10-30mm Decorative Bark Mulch for Beds, Borders & Pathways

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Clover Bark Chips 60L are high-quality, screened 10-30mm bark chips designed for decorative mulching across beds, borders and pathways. Applied as a surface layer, the bark creates an attractive natural finish while helping suppress weed growth, conserve soil moisture and insulate the soil around established plants.

Bark mulch combines practical garden benefits with an immediate visual improvement. The natural chips provide a clean finishing layer around shrubs, trees and ornamental planting while covering exposed soil and helping reduce the amount of light reaching germinating weeds.

Clover Bark Chips are screened to a 10-30mm grade, providing a practical decorative particle size for general landscaping and garden applications.

Supplied in 60 litre bags, the product is suitable for home gardens, garden centres, landscapers and larger planting projects. Creation Horticulture supplies 80 x 60L bags per full pallet.

Why choose Clover Bark Chips?

  • 10-30mm screened bark - a useful decorative grade for general garden and landscaping applications.
  • Natural decorative finish - instantly improves the appearance of exposed soil in planted areas.
  • Helps suppress weeds - a sufficient surface layer reduces light reaching the soil and emerging weed seedlings.
  • Helps conserve soil moisture - covering the soil surface can reduce moisture loss during dry conditions.
  • Insulates the soil surface - provides an additional protective layer around established planting.
  • Ideal for beds and borders - provides a neat finish around shrubs, trees and ornamental plants.
  • Suitable for pathways - useful for creating informal natural-looking paths and landscaped areas.
  • Large 60L bag - suitable for both individual garden projects and larger landscaping requirements.

Where can Clover Bark Chips be used?

Clover Bark Chips can be used wherever a natural bark surface is appropriate. Common applications include:

  • Flower beds and ornamental borders
  • Around established shrubs
  • Around established trees
  • Landscape planting schemes
  • Informal garden pathways
  • Decorative areas around containers and planters
  • General garden mulching

The natural appearance works particularly well in planted areas where gravel or other mineral aggregates would produce a harder visual finish.

Bark mulch for weed suppression

One of the principal reasons for applying bark chips is to help manage weeds in established planting areas.

A continuous bark layer reduces the amount of light reaching the soil surface, making conditions less favourable for many weed seedlings. Existing perennial weeds should be removed before the bark is applied, as established roots can continue growing through a new mulch layer.

Bark mulch will not eliminate every weed permanently. Wind-blown seeds can eventually germinate within the surface material, but these are often easier to identify and remove from a maintained mulched area.

Helping soil retain moisture

Exposed soil loses water directly from its surface. Applying bark as a mulch creates a physical covering between the soil and the surrounding air, helping reduce evaporation.

This can be particularly useful around established shrubs, trees and perennial planting during warm and dry conditions.

Bark mulch does not remove the need to water plants. Instead, it can help the soil retain available moisture for longer between watering and rainfall.

How to apply Clover Bark Chips

Prepare the area before applying the bark. Remove established weeds and unwanted vegetation, level the soil where necessary and water plants if the ground is particularly dry.

Spread the bark evenly across the soil surface to create a continuous mulch layer. For effective weed suppression, avoid leaving thin patches where exposed soil remains visible.

When mulching around trees and shrubs, leave a small clear area immediately around stems and trunks rather than piling bark directly against living plant tissue.

Bark is a natural material and will gradually weather and break down outdoors. Existing areas can therefore be topped up when the mulch layer becomes thin or when the appearance needs refreshing.

How much area does a 60L bag of bark cover?

Coverage depends entirely on the depth at which the bark is applied. One 60L bag contains 0.06 cubic metres of material.

As a simple example, a 60L bag spread at a nominal depth of 50mm has a theoretical coverage of approximately 1.2m².

Actual coverage can vary because bark is an irregular natural material and the finished depth will not be perfectly uniform. Allow additional material for uneven ground and areas requiring a deeper mulch layer.

A natural decorative landscaping finish

Bark chips provide a softer, more natural appearance than stone or gravel, making them particularly suited to planted borders and informal garden designs.

As a natural timber product, individual pieces will vary in shape, texture and colour. Fresh bark will also change appearance as it is exposed to sunlight, rain and normal outdoor weathering.

These variations are a normal characteristic of natural bark rather than a product defect.

About Clover

Clover supplies a broad range of growing media and garden products for retail and professional horticultural use. Alongside its multi-purpose and specialist composts, products such as Bark Chips provide gardeners and landscapers with materials for maintaining and finishing planted areas.

The 10-30mm screened grade gives Clover Bark Chips a versatile role across domestic gardens, garden centre projects and general landscape maintenance.

Clover packaging update

Clover is currently rolling out updated branded packaging across selected products. During this transition, customers may receive the previous packaging design, the newer design, or a mixture of both when ordering multiple bags.

This is a packaging change only. Customers will receive the same Clover Bark Chips regardless of which current packaging design is supplied.

Clover Bark Chips 60L product details

Brand Clover
Product Bark Chips
Bag size 60L
Nominal bark grade 10-30mm
Product type Decorative bark mulch
Typical applications Beds, borders, around established shrubs and trees, landscaping and pathways
Weed management Helps suppress weed growth when applied as a suitable mulch layer
Moisture management Helps reduce moisture loss from the soil surface
Theoretical coverage at 50mm depth Approximately 1.2m² per 60L bag
Pallet quantity 80 x 60L bags
Total nominal volume per pallet 4,800L

Clover Bark Chips 60L FAQs

What size are Clover Bark Chips?

Clover Bark Chips are screened to a nominal 10-30mm grade, providing a versatile decorative bark size for beds, borders, landscaping and pathways.

Do bark chips help stop weeds?

A suitable bark mulch layer helps suppress weeds by reducing light reaching the soil surface. Existing established weeds should be removed before applying the bark for the best result.

How much does one 60L bag of bark cover?

At a nominal depth of 50mm, a 60L bag has a theoretical coverage of approximately 1.2m². Actual coverage varies with ground conditions and the finished depth of the bark.

Can Clover Bark Chips be used around trees and shrubs?

Yes. They can be used as a decorative mulch around established trees and shrubs. Avoid piling bark directly against trunks and stems.

Can these bark chips be used for garden paths?

Yes. Clover Bark Chips are suitable for informal pathways and other decorative landscaped areas where a natural bark surface is desired.

Will the colour of the bark change?

Yes. Bark is a natural material and its colour and appearance will gradually change through exposure to sunlight, rain and normal outdoor weathering.

Do bark chips need replacing?

Bark gradually breaks down and settles over time. Mulched areas can be topped up periodically to maintain the desired depth, appearance and weed-suppression performance.

Why might the Clover bag I receive look different from the photograph?

Clover is transitioning selected products to updated branded packaging. Either current packaging design may therefore be supplied during the changeover while the bark chips themselves remain the same product.

How many Clover Bark Chips 60L bags are supplied per pallet?

A full Creation Horticulture pallet contains 80 x 60L bags, representing a total nominal volume of 4,800 litres.

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Clover Bark Chips 60L - 10-30mm Decorative Bark Mulch for Beds, Borders & Pathways

Clover Bark Chips 60L - 10-30mm Decorative Bark Mulch for Beds, Borders & Pathways

£7.62

£7.62