Winter and Seasonal Landscaping Tips

Winter hints & Seasonal tips:

Time to adjust your irrigation controller, or turn it off … if you are watering your lawn areas more than a couple times a week this time of year…you are over watering (turn it off after rainy or cool weather).  Does your lawn look thin or patchy, show little growth and/or not deep green in color (typical this time of year after the summer season). Add seed to ‘bare areas’ and fertilize with a winter fertilizer (be sure to water in after application). Time to rotate annual summer flower color…replace with fall & winter color (ie. snapdragons, impatiens, cyclamen), cleanup dead leaves & prune back perennials (ie grasses, bulbs, summer blooming plants) & plant spring bulbs this month !!!!! You can also still get one
more bloom out of your roses…. prune the spent flower buds, and fertilize with a rose food (seasons over when the frost comes).

Did you put off the big spring cleanup ?....or just let the yard go over the summer (not on the top of your fun things to do list ?)…. Next month is a good time to consider a complete yard cleanup.  Since deciduous trees & shrubs (plants that loose their leaves) are already turning…winter pruning is just around the corner. To tackle these larger cleanup projects, contact our office to get on the schedule.
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