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Some clients only want one or two a year. Leaf removal can be customized on most contracts to mirror a client’s expectations of quantity of visits. Although many consider mulch visually pleasing, mulch has several horticultural benefits: root insulation, weed minimization, and water retention. Mulching is typically done once or twice a year depending upon the contract. These services add an extra layer of impact to landscapes and an excitement for the season changes. It can also include holiday greens and holiday lighting. Seasonal display can include annual flowers for spring, summer, and fall. By monitoring, we can adjust for optimum plant health and observe any repairs that may need done. High Prairie’s contracts do include this pro-active step. Some contracts also include a monthly check-in for optimum usage/water efficiency. The damage is often more expensive than just maintaining the system and having it winterized properly. By not having the water blown out of the lines, the water can freeze and expand during cold temperatures causing damage to their system. Although everyone starts up their irrigation system in the spring (when they have one,) not everyone has their system winterized.

Irrigation start-up and shut-down are included in most maintenance contracts. Additional applications are sometimes needed during super-wet years to control moisture related issues. Weather patterns and irrigation affect turf, so those things must be considered in conjunction with your turf program. Most programs are a 5 to 7 step program that are applied at the ideal time of year for your turf. Lawn chemical programs both feed the turf and protect against a plethora of pests and diseases such as grubs, brown-patch, and several fungal issues. This is dependent upon your service package, but is important for thriving plants. This can include black-spot, other forms of mildew, bag-worms, aphids, etc. You’ll also receive disease and pest prevention for the common issues to prevent them from happening. Proactively adding a plant feed/protect program to your landscape plan, you’ll receive feedings specific to your plants and soil. This means they pull a lot of nutrients out of the soil. Some plants are what we call “heavy feeders”. Plants feed from the nutrients in the soil. Landscape Plant Protect and Feed (Also known as Plant Health Care: PHC) Hedging is typically shaping plants into geometric forms. (Hydrangea are a perfect example of a plant that should be maintained by professionals or avid gardeners.) Pruning is done to maintain shape or size, remove spent blooms, remove dead/diseased limbs, and to promote growth. By hiring a professional, you have plants pruned at the optimum time for their species. Pruning and hedging at the correct time of year for each type of plant are paramount to plant health and bloom performance. These services are like “deep-cleaning” of the landscape one to three times per year. Spring/Fall Clean-UpĪ more in-depth cleaning which includes everything in general bed maintenance and the addition of perennial and grass dividing, bed edging, mulch raking, and seasonal perennial trim down. This is a must-have service because it ensures your yard maintains its curb appeal throughout the year. This service includes weeding, ground-cover trimming/controlling, debris removal, removal of spent blooms, monitoring and removal of browning leaves and branches.

Some of the most common services are explained here.

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If you are going to hire a professional landscape service to help with your landscape maintenance needs, it’s important you understand the different types of services.

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