Creating A Gorgeous Garden

Insight For Successful Property Landscaping

13 September 2022 by Tiffany Gonzales

Landscaping for your property is essential to maintain your property's value, preserve the environment, and promote a good natural habitat for wildlife and beneficial insects. So when you are planning your yard's landscaping design, make sure you design it with these elements in mind and use local resources to help you. The following provides you with some tips to help you plan and install successful yard landscaping.

Use Natural Landscaping

Some of the best plants you can choose for your yard are the ones that already grow naturally in the environment around you. Vegetation that you see growing in natural areas, such as reserves, parks, and vacant land is going to provide you a good blueprint for the types of vegetation you should look to plant in your own yard. You can also look at a local nursery for a good selection of vegetation ideas. Following this advice will help you keep up a beautifully landscaped yard without having to rely on a large amount of supplemental irrigation. 

You don't need to add in only naturally native plants, but you can use a variety of plants with different water needs. Just keep in mind that if there are water restrictions, you may need to allow your lawn, for example, to go dormant until the weather cools and rainfall returns. When you are planning, look at your yard layout and segment it into different areas where you can plant plants that have different water requirements. For example, in the front yard, you could plant a lawn or other ground cover and add a bedding area along the boulevard strip that contains native plants and mulch to cover the soil. Mulch adds to your landscaping because it traps moisture within the soil and keeps your plants healthy even during excess heat.

Plan For Irrigation

Another detail to remember with your yard's landscaping is having the right type of irrigation for the different areas and vegetation. Some types of plants will need a drip irrigation system installed where the water can be delivered directly to the roots of the plant and the surrounding soil. Consider adding this within your mulched bedding areas and in areas where large natural rock features have been placed throughout the landscaping areas. In other areas of your landscaping, such as a section of the lawn, it is better to irrigate this area with aerial spray sprinklers that will distribute the water regularly over the entire section of plants.

Contact a landscape service to learn more. 

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