When it comes to creating your complete outdoor living area, the landscaping around your space is really critical. Trees, in particular, are an important element that adds unbeatable benefits like shade, privacy, and aesthetic appeal.
There’s a common understanding among homeowners that springtime is for planting, and while that’s not untrue, there are other times of the year for planting, too. It ultimately comes down to your goals as well as what you’re planting.
We’ve rounded up this Virginia flower planting schedule to help you make the best choices for your property. Our goal is to help set you up for success.
The plants that make up your landscaping are important. You want to make wise plant choices that you can enjoy to the fullest but that will also give you the most possible value for your investment.
When you envision spending time in your new outdoor living space, you probably imagine lounging and relaxing or maybe playing yard games with friends or swimming in the pool. What you don’t likely picture is tending to your plants. While there’s no question that the landscaping around your outdoor living area is important to its overall look and appeal, choosing landscape plants that aren’t going to be a ton of extra work—or even worse, create hassles and headaches for you to deal with—will be important.
You’ve invested in irrigation at your Northern Virginia home because you value a lush lawn and thriving plants. You know that adequate water is of vital importance in achieving that feat and so it’s important to you that your system is operating properly. You may be worried that your sprinkler system might be damaged, cause leaks, or not work properly for the upcoming year. That’s why you may want to know what’s required in order to get your system up and running properly.
As spring rolls around each year, you want your landscape to be ready to enjoy as soon as possible. There simply isn’t enough warm weather to waste any of it trying to get your property caught up.
While you may have even hired landscaping services in to handle spring maintenance for you, if you haven’t chosen a proactive company, then you might not be getting the services you really want or need in a timely manner.
In fact, if you’ve hired an order-taking, reactive landscape company who waits until you notice problems to do anything about them, then you might find you aren’t able to truly get the full enjoyment out of your property.
Adding a tree to a patio area can enhance your space in many ways. It can add beauty, create shade, screen wind, and even serve as a privacy screen. However, if you don’t make the right tree choices, they can also cause problems such as dropping debris and creating a mess or encroaching on the patio space.
You’ve probably been dreaming about a swimming pool for a long time. A pool is a valuable investment that will provide your family and friends with many years of enjoyment. It’s a place to cool off on hot days, a place to dine al fresco and enjoy your meals poolside, and a place to give your kids their best summer ever.
There are many reasons why a pool will add enjoyment and value to your property and your lifestyle but you want to ensure you actually wind up with the pool you’ve been dreaming about. The end result hinges on the pool contractor that you hire to complete the job. It’s a big decision and you want to make sure you choose wisely so that you aren’t haunted by regrets for years to come.
If you’re someone who takes great pride in having a beautiful landscape, then you know it’s often the “little details” that matter. In fact, all of those seemingly small details can really start to add up. One of those landscaping details in mulch.
Along with those details are choices about materials. Each choice that you make has a direct impact on your landscape in either a positive or negative way.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, you want an impressive landscape no matter what the season. But every time winter rolls through, you feel as though your landscape becomes dull and lackluster. Your boring landscape coupled with the gray skies and the chilly weather seems to make the season feel as though it’s trudging along slower than ever. You want to liven things up!
While you’re uncertain what changes you can make in your landscape, it would be nice to add year-round interest and appeal so that when Old Man Winter strikes, you’ll be ready.
