Fall can be a beautiful season in North Carolina, with the falling leaves creating a nice blanket of colors in your yard. However, you still need to make sure your landscape beds are in their best shape during this season, as they will use this time to slowly transition into the winter. Three things you need to do for your landscape beds in the fall include removing leaves and debris, trimming and pruning your plants, and replenishing the mulch ground cover. Doing these will keep your landscape beds looking their best and maintain the optimum health of your plants!

1. Remove leaves and debris from your landscape beds.

When the fall season arrives, make sure you're diligent in removing leaves and debris from your landscape beds to keep them looking pristine and appealing and your plants in tip-top health. When leaves and debris accumulate in your landscape beds, they can cover the soil and inhibit vital resources from reaching and penetrating it. This means your plants will be unable to access the nutrients, water, oxygen, and sunlight they need to grow strong and healthy. Without these, they will become weak and struggle during winter dormancy. Piles of leaves and debris can also trap moisture and provide a cool, shady environment where plant diseases and pests can harbor. Rather than leaving your softscapes susceptible to these issues, you'll want to keep them debris and leaf-free.

2. Trim and prune your plants.

Another task you should never forget to do in the fall is to trim and prune your plants. These two maintenance tasks are not the same, and it's crucial to know the difference to prevent causing more harm to your plants than good. Here's how the two differ and why you should do them in the fall:

  • Trimming involves cutting back overgrown branches and limbs of your plants. Over time, these branches can grow long and unruly. It can be done in the fall or anytime throughout the year when they start to appear messy.
  • Pruning entails removing weak, dead, diseased, or insect-infested parts of your plants. By eliminating these areas, any problems will not spread to the other healthy parts. This task should be done when your plants need it to bolster fuller growth and their overall vigor.

3. Replenish the mulch ground cover in your landscape beds.

The mulch ground cover in your landscape beds should be replenished every year. Aside from spring, fall is the next best time to replenish it. By doing so in the fall, the mulch will be in optimum shape to serve all its purposes, like preventing weeds, retaining soil moisture, and combatting erosion. A fresh layer of mulch will also protect the roots of your plants as the temperatures start to drop and provide enough insulation during the cold winter season. This will prevent any damage to their root system and help them emerge from dormancy in the spring in good shape.

Replenishing the mulch ground cover in your landscape beds this fall will make them look more manicured, and your plants will stand out even more!

Call us today to sign up for our yard cleanup service!

With the fall season fast approaching, it's time to start thinking about giving your yard a much-needed refresh. That's where we can help! Our team at Ideal Landscaping & Irrigation offers a yard cleanup service that involves trimming and pruning, landscape bed renovation, lawn mowing, debris cleanup, mulch replenishment, and leaf removal if necessary. Our fall cleanups can be scheduled from November to January to give your lawn and landscape a facelift. We offer this service to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Greensboro, NC, and surrounding communities like Winston-Salem and Summerfield. Call us today at (336) 396-9191 to sign up for our yard cleanup service!