Landscaping
is one of the best ways of lawn care maintenance which you should carry on with
on a regular basis. You can either do it yourself or can go for expert lawn
care providers like Curb Appeal Lawn Care in Simpsonville. Some of our services
include lawn mowing, weed eating, edging and blowing; aerating and seeding;
hedge trimming and landscaping Simpsonville; mulching and pine needles. It is just a matter of a call and
the professionals would visit the doorstep and carry out the task.
If you are a
beginner, learning how not to landscape the yard is a good first step.
Although, you will eventually want to find out all the details behind the right
way to design your yard.
There are a
few landscaping errors that should be avoided. Most of these errors are not
catastrophic. Nonetheless, it's often the little things that add up to make or
break a landscape design, so it behooves you to avoid these mistakes.
Making Judgments Regarding the Use
and Selection of Mulch
Decisions
regarding mulch selection and the use of mulch in the landscape are very
complex than they might at first appear. There’s a lot that can go wrong here
which can have a damaging effect on plants. A type of mulch that's perfectly
good for use around many plants can be a lousy choice around certain others.
For instance, do not apply pine
needles as a mulch in a bed where you may be growing creeping thyme. It is a big
mistake. Winds will keep blowing the pine needles into the creeping thyme,
where they would become hopelessly entangled, thus spoiling the looks of the
thyme ground cover.
Also, avoid
using mulch comprising of tiny stones which can be even worse in this regard.
Employing Ground Covers that carry
out their Job Really Well
As the name
suggests, "ground covers" stay relatively low and are supposed to
cover ground in your landscape that would otherwise be full of weeds. Select a
ground cover that is dynamic, something that will spread out and fill in the
area. Selecting the optimal ground cover is more complex than simply choosing
one that grows robustly and looks pretty. For example, many homeowners have
come to regret planting English ivy, discovering too late its tendency to get
out of hand.
Pruning the Shrub at the Wrong Time
There is a
proper time to prune the shrubs. Do not prune according to whim. Go through
articles on “when to prune shrubs”.
Mismanaging the Lawn
Common
mistakes revolving around lawn includes:
1. Simply having too big a lawn
2. Failing to install a mowing strip to
make mowing easier
3. Dotting the lawn with planting circles
that you then have to mow around
We are
talking about these mistakes because the lawn is often a poster child for how
not to landscape a yard.
Going for Planting Messy Trees
This is
quite subjective as a "nuisance" to one person may be "just
nature" to another. There are no two ways about the fact that there will
be some "litter" in the landscape as a result of having trees. The
only kind of tree that is totally mess-free is an artificial one. Some trees
are relatively mess-free like Sunburst honey locust.
A few of the
messiest trees include:
I.
Ginkgo
biloba
II.
Sweetgum
III.
Pine
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