Hiring a Pro has its advantages in the landscape

Having a professional landscaper around the yard can help alleviate the headache of maintaining your grounds. Many professional follow industry standards of right times to prune and proper to techniques to care for your gardens. This can be a lot on a homeowner sometimes when you have a busy life. Hiring a professional designer can help you plan on having the landscape of your dreams installed.

            There are a lot of people I see these days either pruning at the wrong time or not using the right equipment for the job. I do understand that this isn`t their line of work but they may not realize that you can hurt or even kill the plant. We follow industry standards and use the monthly garden calendar found on the Missouri Extension office website. The Missouri Botanical Gardens can also be a good reference point for learning how to maintain your gardens. It usually always starts with proper plant selection for the St. Louis area climate. Planting the wrong plant can lead to problems down the road from mother nature. We purchase most of our stock from Garden Heights Nursery in Richmond Heights. They have a good staff with the knowledge to lead anyone in the right direction. They even have a professional designer on staff to help draw out your design.

            Everyone`s got a pretty busy life style these days. From getting the kids to the next soccer game or a night out with friends. You look out your window and see the grass needs to be cut or the Ewe bushes are getting out of control. You say to yourself I`ll get to it, but in Heinz site it doesn`t get down. In worse case you may be cited depending on the municipality you live in. A Professional Landscaper can help alleviate these problems by coming up with a maintenance plan for any size property. Plus, having a nice landscape property can add to the value of your home when the decision comes to put it on the market. We can help with any landscape questions are problems you may have. Feel free to contact us to discuss your options. We will do our best to stair you in the right direction if we don`t have the answer.

Time to prepare your garden for winter after the first frost.

Fall is upon us with the changing temperatures and entering the month of October. Some may start to think about the garden as the growing season comes to an end. Doing a couple of things now can help when winter sets in. The first frost may be a ways away but being prepared is always a good thing.

Start by cleaning what leaves have fallen so far with the start of fall color season beginning. Trees are dropping leaves with the dry conditions that area around along with the cooler night temperatures. Add some organic matter to the garden to help add some revive the soil for next spring, such as compost or cow manure. Once the first frost set sets in, some perennial ground covers can be cut to ground level such as hostas or day lilies. Cutting these plants back keeps disease and pests from hiding in the garden all winter. Give the plants a deep watering to help the soil preserve moisture through the winter. Plant spring bulbs at this time to give the garden some new color in the spring. Apply a winter fertilizer to the lawn to help a deep root system develop, avoid adding any nitrogen unless it is a cool season grass such as Fescue or Bluegrass. A few things can help things survive if we have a harsh winter as some are predicting in different areas of the country.