The Essentials of Maintaining Your Landscape
The final step in creating a lovely space is implementation; landscape design is just the beginning! Maintenance goes beyond simple upkeep; it’s about fostering growth and maximizing the potential of your landscape.
Here is a primer on the essential landscaping maintenance duties and how to make them fun:
Prune Your Shrubs
We can change the size and shape of shrubs as they begin to fill out to increase the number of flowers or berries they produce. Pruning is typically best done in the early spring before leaves begin to bud. The exceptions, though, are plants like lilacs and forsythia that develop their blossom buds in the preceding season. Early spring pruning of these shrubs will remove this year’s blossoms. We advise doing some research to find out when and how to prune the various types in your yard.
Shape Your Hedges
Hedge shaping is a crucial type of pruning. Instead of letting them go out of control and having to cut them down, it is much simpler to shape them a few times a year. When you routinely sculpt them, you may return and find the cuts you made the last time and cut them back to that height. Regular hedge maintenance keeps your hedges in top condition and saves you time in the future.
Prevent Weeds, but Weed
To save effort and maintain your landscape’s finest appearance, weed prevention and weeding are two essential measures. Weeding cannot be avoided; it is necessary to maintain a landscape. Naturally, there are a variety of strategies to lessen the need for weeding, such as mulching your garden, covering any exposed soil with ground covers, and maintaining healthy grass. However, weeds will continue to appear on occasion. The best time to weed them is before they set seed and multiply.
Deadhead Your Flowers
Deadhead perennials, annuals, and flowering shrubs keep your plants in bloom. It might be as easy as shearing off a large number of deadheads at once, shearing off the spent stems by cutting them down a few inches, or just picking off the spent flowers with your hand. The objective is to preserve your garden plants looking well and to get them to bloom once more.
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