I've never been a mulcher until recently. I had tried it years ago and found I spent way too much time and money mulching and then watching it float down the gutter when it rained. However, we did mulch one of the rose beds last year because it had been taken over by weeds the previous year when I was too ill to work in the yard. I just couldn't get a handle on the weeds last year so my brother decided to mulch. So far this season that bed has been the only one I've been able to keep weed free! I'm seriously thinking of doing all the beds now! We used the cypress mulch because we heard it doesn't float when it rains. So far it seems to be true.
