Landscape Maintenance

It’s time for cool nights with crackling fires, Mums and Pansies, football, Halloween, and pumpkin spice EVERYTHING! Oh, and don’t forget leaves. Lots and lots of leaves. Depending on the trees you have on your commercial property, you may see falling leaves from as early as August all the way through February. Properties still need to look maintained through these months, and there are a few ways to attack the leaf situation.

Landscaping can be one of the best marketing assets a commercial property has at its disposal.  Colorful fall displays can help attract potential tenants, residents, and clients.  What comes to mind when you think “fall color?”  Maybe it’s Pansies or Mums.  Both are go-to choices to add color.  Unfortunately, both are short-lived and can be costly to plant year after year.

What is a Cicada? Cicadas are sometimes called Locusts, but they are actually related to more commonly seen landscape pests like Aphids and Leafhoppers.  There are two different types of Cicadas - annual cicadas and periodical cicadas.  Annual Cicadas appear in smaller numbers every year, while periodical cicadas come out every 13 or 17 years and have extremely large populations.  Brood X, for example, is expected to have billions - yes I said BILLIONS - of insects this summer. When Will Brood X Appear? Soil temperatures need to be 65 degrees for roughly…continue reading →