Recently I posted about exposing some roots and removing river rock from around a tree. After your advice I finished the project.
Took about 8-10 man hours. Left me with about 1.5 tons of free dirt I can use for other projects. Left me with some excellent landscape fabric I can reuse (jk). Hostas have been replanted elsewhere.
What about those large rocks?
by 11socks11
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Move the rocks away, cover the newly exposed dirt with a few inches of fresh mulch. Looks great!
You can move the rocks out and replant the hostas if you wish (it’s mainly grass you don’t want), looks good
Looking good, I’d just throw down the mulch ring and replant those Hostas in place of the stones.
The hostas look great!
It looks like the flare was already exposed before you started digging. You can see it widening at the base above the dirt line. This sub’s weird obsession with disturbing healthy, mature trees is bizarre.
Nice trunk
If you want to keep the rocks as a garden feature then widen them out (you’ll need more as the circumference grows) and make a big! Mulch it well. Give the trunk some breathing space then plant the shit out of it with natives. Start with three or more understory shrubs, chokeberry and red twig dogwood looks great under my oaks. Obviously adjust for whatever is native in your area. Then fill in with native perennials whatever works in your location there it looks shady to maybe be part sun. The more intentional plant coverage you have the less weed and grass incursion you’ll have. And leave the leaves.
I think I’d have just re-purposed the rocks & planted more hostas!