We’ve taken down some big cedars and chipped the branches. I’ve heard that cedar mulch can damage plants. What is your take on this? I already put it around some choice pines and some viburnums, but I could move it if need be.
Washington State University Extension horticulturist Linda Chalker-Scott has written about this very issue, and her scientific research on the subject says that cedar (both Thuja and true Cedrus) wood chips are not allelopathic (toxic) to plant tissue. Here is the article.
This author has further information on the general benefits of wood chips as mulch. Here is a newer Washington State University factsheet on the subject.