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WhatsNew
Spring Cleanup Special
25% off of our regular price to any new account.
Click here - or call today for details:
1-903-849-9927 ext 102
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Landscape Evaluation
New or perspective client?
We will be happy to perform a no obligation Landscape Evaluation for you.
Click here for more details.
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Annual Maintenance
Click here to view our recommended Annual Maintenance Calendar
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January
- Spray any visible weeds with a post-emergent herbicide
- Cut back any Liriope and ornamental grasses as needed
- Prune shrubs that need shaping, and to remove winters overgrowth
- Dead head annuals
- Remove any of last years vines (above ground)
February
- Continue with post-emergent herbicide as needed on stubborn weeds
- Apply pre-emergent to St. Augustine and Bermuda lawns
- Prune both Crape Myrtles and Roses
- Perform initial spring maintenance (mow, blow, weed eat & edge), to
remove winter overgrowth and clean up the landscape appearance
March
- Apply spring fertilizer for trees and shrubs as necessary
- Resume regular mowing schedule - scalping of warm season turf grass
(Bermuda/St. Augustine) after March 15th (typical last frost date in E.
Texas)
- Continue with post-emergent weed control, as needed
- Evaluate irrigation system (verify working order; review watering
schedule; recommend updates/changes)
- Perform annual soil test to determine best recommendations for
fertilizer application
April
- Apply second application of pre-emergent with fertilizer to St.
Augustine and Bermuda lawns
- Apply first early season fertilizer to St. Augustine and Bermuda lawns
after second mowing (typically a 15-5-10 fertilizer)
- Prune new growth on shrubs
- Resume weekly maintenance schedule for all types of turf grass (mowing
height adjusted to stimulate healthy growth of warm season turfgrass)
- Change out annuals for spring and summer
May
- Prune shrubs and trees (below 7' in height) that need shaping or have
excess/uncontrolled growth
- Monitor turf and beds for insects/ants (make recommendations as needed
for insect control)
- Continue full maintenance
June
- Inspect turf and shrubs for signs of disease or insect damage. Recommend
improvements, as needed.
- Apply slow release fertilizer for warm season turf grass (St.
Augustine, Bermuda) based upon soil test results done in March - as needed
- Prune shrubs as warranted
- Continue full maintenance
July
- Deadhead annuals
- Continue with post-emergent weed control, as needed
- Apply fungicides as required
- Continue full maintenance
August
- Apply fertilizer for turf and shrubs, as needed
- Prune shrubs as warranted
- Continue full maintenance
- Inspect lawns for signs of Brown Patch (typically occurs in late
Summer), and recommendation treatment as necessary
September
- Evaluate lawn for aeration needs. Recommend improvements/changes prior
to fall/winter period
- Deadhead annuals
- Continue full maintenance
- Apply late season turf grass fertilizer (final application), prior to
fall
October
- Apply final fertilizer application , 30 days prior to first frost
(typically Dec. 1 in the Tyler area)
- Apply fall pre-emergent to St. Augustine and Bermuda lawns, to attack
those germinating winter seeds
- Change out annuals for winter
- Continue full maintenance (reduce weekly mowing to every other week)
- Perform early fall leaf cleanup (late October/early November)
November
- Continue full maintenance (reduce weekly mowing to as needed basis -
typically once or twice in November)
- Perform 2nd. fall leaf cleanup (mid-to-late November)
- Make recommendations on winter irrigation of lawns, so they do not
dry out over the winter
December
- Perform 3rd. fall leaf cleanup (early-to-mid December)
- Prune shrubs as warranted
- Reduce mowing to once a month, for clean up and trim purposes only
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