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Overgrown shrubs are a common problem that homeowners face. Whether rubbing up on the house or scraping vehicles in the driveway, these plants can easily become a nuisance and prompt the need for solutions.
Healthy trees breathe new life into a home’s landscape. But when dead or overgrown branches appear, they can take away from a tree’s beauty and also affect its strength. That’s why pruning trees is so important.
While their appetite varies depending on location and available food, they will eat almost anything if hungry enough. Before deer become an issue on your property, try these simple ideas below to help ward off these skittish creatures.
However, maintaining a healthy lawn and landscape all year preserves materials, boosts your investment, and improves the usability of your space that won't expire with the seasons.
It's winter here in Cleveland, Ohio and unless you have been hibernating down south it's cold out. When you look outside and see snow on the ground and not much red visible on the thermometer I'm sure your first thought probably isn't trudging out to work on the plants in your landscape. It's difficult to get motivated and work outside when the lawn doesn't need mowed and the flowers aren't requiring attention - but the fact is right now is a great time (the only time) to dormant prune your deciduous trees and shrubs.
Due to the advantages of being able to visualize the plants' structure without it's foliage much less effort and guess work is required on your part to prune now in winter than it would at other warmer times of the year. The one exception may be the task putting on all the additional layers of clothing prior to beginning your winter landscaping.
Without a little late-fall attention, your outdoor living spaces begin to look a little shabby. Even worse, you could inadvertently damage your carefully planned landscaping if you neglect it at this time of year. Winterizing your outdoor living spaces keeps them looking good through the cold winter months, maintains them, and prepares them for spring.
A few weeks ago Beth McCleod, a member of the WOIO Channel 19 weather team and client of Green Impressions, approached our owner Joe Schill about doing a segment on air about a new product being sold on the market named Canada Green.
Your plants have a biological clock, regulated by temperature and sunshine. With the dreariness of winter finally behind us, the sun has begun to grace us with its presence warming the air and soil temperatures. Now is the time to start preparing your lawn and landscape for these seasonal changes.