We are deep into winter but have winter in our sights. Yet, there is still much to do when it comes to caring for your commercial landscape during the winter.
Here are some tips to follow:
- Avoid walking on your lawn during winter. If it tends to freeze in your area, walking on it can lead to bare spots that will not go away when your grass returns from its seasonal dormancy.
- Tie up loosely branched evergreens and boxwoods that can become damaged from the weight of any snow that falls.
- Do not use a broom or snow shovel to get rid of snow that builds up on shrubs. If the limbs are frozen, they are fragile and can be easily damaged.
- Check on how your winterization efforts are doing with your irrigation system to make sure nothing is busted.
- Winterize all your landscaping maintenance tools. This includes emptying gas from all equipment engines and sharpening tools like pruners, spades, and shovels.
- Provide protection for early flowering plants, such as rhododendrons, camellias, and azaleas by covering them with burlap.
- Mulch planting beds to keep the roots of plants warm and protected.
- Remove any leaves and debris that have built up.
- When it gets closer to spring, start focusing on planting bed by pruning all shrubs, trees, and perennials. Remove all dead wood and clean up the area to improve the health of all plants and flowers. Replant perennials like black-head Susans, daisies, and groundcovers. Plant spring bulbs.
- Consider tree removal on any that are large and overgrown during this season.
- Regularly remove all snow and ice sidewalks throughout your commercial landscape to make it easier for customers to visit your business.
Contact us at Pugh’s Earthworks to consider our monthly commercial landscape maintenance services, including the winter season.
