How to Save Money in the Landscape

Ways to Save Money in Your Landscape:

• Plant quick growing shade trees for future summers (poplar hybrids, willow hybrids & lombardy poplar for examples)

• Choose younger bare root shrubs and trees (saves money and water)

• Mulch with shredded bark mulch or aged compost/manure mix (keeps the ground cool over the roots reducing water needs)

• Select perennials over annuals (plant once and grow for years – also perennials require less water than annuals)

• Plant spreading perennials and ground covers in bare areas (their shade limits weed growth)

• Watering lawns every 4 to 5 days saves water and allows the roots of the grass to grow deeper

• Incorporate herbs into your landscape for cooking

• Raise the setting on your lawn mower

• Use drip hoses for most gardens and landscaped areas

• Select the proper plants for difficult areas such as full sun or full shade

• Remove dead plants immediately

• Deadheading many shrubs and perennials encourages new blooms