Let’s face it, while most people like to feel like they have a Green Thumb in the spring, not everyone has the touch required to successfully maintain a flower bed through the summer.
From busyness to maintenance becoming a hassle, we get it! Not everyone has the time to keep their flower bed looking its best. However, gardening is a skill that takes time and patience to perfect.
We encourage people who love their flower beds to push forward and continue creating curb appeal. Here are some tips from lawn care professionals for reviving your damaged or overgrown flower beds.
Mow and Edge
If your flower bed has grown out of control, it’s likely made its way into your actual lawn space. The first step to cleaning up your damaged bed is cleaning up its surrounding areas.
Take some time to mow your lawn and edge around your flower bed. This will help create a blueprint of where the rest of your work needs to take place.
Identify Invasive Plants
Rogue plants like perennials can easily grow out and take over a garden. Other plants may grossly underperform and create rot that could spread to their neighboring flowers.
Identify the plants that you no longer need and remove them to make space for a new beginning. We suggest starting this process in an area towards the center of your flower bed and working your way out of the garden. This allows for less stress and more accuracy with your identification and removal.
Remove Weeds
As you identify which plants need to stay and which need to go, don’t forget to pull out weeds while you’re at it. Weeds cut off your plant’s food supply and could be the main reason why some of your beautiful flowers wilted away throughout the seasons.
Start Rejuvenation Pruning if Necessary
If your flower bed has trees or large bushes growing throughout, it may be time to get them pruned. Our bush maintenance services offer trimming options and can literally help bring your bushes and trees back into shape.
Pruning helps make your larger plants easier to manage throughout the seasons, allowing you to focus on other areas of beautification in your yard.
Prep Your Soil for New Plants
Your soil is the foundation for a beautiful and thriving landscape. When you’re about ready to start planting a new batch of plants, prep your soil to perfection. Raking away any rocks, gravel, or debris helps to make your soil fruitful again.
Once you’ve cleared out the wreckage, reach out to a local lawn care expert to find out the best type of fertilizer or compost you’ll need to really push your plant’s growth into overdrive.
Make Your Flower Bed the Talk of the Town With Executive Lawn Care
If you have a group of flower beds that have become unruly, don’t let them take over your yard’s curb appeal. While we give recommendations for helping yourself out in the garden, we understand that even these choices can be time consuming.
Time should never be a factor in letting beauty go to waste. Let the bed maintenance experts of Executive Lawn Care help you bring life back into your flower beds.
Contact us today to learn more about our services and our residential yard work availability.
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