TREE & LAWN CARE BLOG
Best Annual Flowers To Plant This Year
Are you looking for the perfect addition to your garden but just can’t commit to one that will return year after year? If this is the case, annuals are a great fit. They add a tremendous amount of color, without the price tag or the commitment of perennial flowers.
So what are the best annual flowers to plant in your garden this year?
Here is what made our list:
Begonias
Perfect for containers and filling garden gaps
Grows best in afternoon shade
Keep the soil moist but not drenched
Geraniums
Can be kept indoors through winter
Needs 4-6 hours of sunlight per day
Allow soil to dry before watering
Pansies
Excellent ground cover, containers or borders
Grows well with morning sun and afternoon shade
Water regularly
Marigolds
Known to keep away mosquitoes, cabbage worms and other pests
Thrive in full sunshine
Allow soil to dry between waterings
After planting, we always recommend applying a layer of organic mulch to your garden to retain moisture, prevent weeds and enhance the overall soil composition. Give us a call in our office to inquire about our organic mulch available for pickup or delivery!
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Quarantine Yard Projects!
Stuck inside? We have the perfect remedy for keeping busy during quarantine! Here are a few spring tips to keep your landscape healthy and thriving over the next couple of months.
Inspect your trees
Spring is a great time to detect dead trees on your property that might need removal. Be sure to walk your property and inspect each tree, looking for signs of disease, pests, decay, or fungus. If you spot and dead branches, it’s important to properly prune them back to ensure optimum spring growth. Make sure to check the soil around the base of your trees for any signs of mushrooms, as this can be a good indicator of root rot, which would not be uncommon due to the high levels of rain we have had over the past couple of months.
Mulch
Did you know mulching your trees can help enrich the soil content? When mulching around the base of your trees it’s important to keep the mulch away from the base of the tree to prevent root rot, however mulching at least 3 inches to 6 inches deep well ensure moisture retention in the coming hot summer months. Mulching around your trees also eliminate weeds. Eliminating the weeds around the base of your trees is important because it prevents your trees from having to compete for nutrients. It is important to use organic mulching materials as opposed to rubber mulch to provide the soil with the nutrients that it needs.
Fertilize
From your garden to your trees, everything can use a good fertilization every so often. Did you know that we perform deep root fertilization’s on trees at a low cost? Give us a call today to have a certified arborist come and inspect your trees, and provide you with a detailed prevention fertilization schedule for free!
Our offices are still open for business including tree removal, and mulching services.
Give us a call today for information on mulch delivery to your home, or to have a certified arborist come out to your property for a free inspection of your trees!
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Inorganic Vs. Organic Mulching Materials
Mulching or landscape offers a number of benefits especially when using LifeMulch premium organic wood chips. Mulching your garden beds and trees prevents weeds, controls soil erosion, cuts back on the watering schedule, and provides a large amount of nutrition for your soil.
A very common question we tend to get is what is the difference between organic and in organic mulching materials? And do they provide the same amount of benefits?
What are some examples of organic versus in organic mulching materials?
-Organic mulching materials include wood chips, straw leaves, compost, sawdust, grass clippings, and grape Pomace.
-Inorganic mulching materials include plastic sheeting, rubber chips, rocks and geotextiles.
Inorganic Benefits
Inorganic mulching materials such Can be very pleasing to the eye aesthetically and are a little more low maintenance however, they are solely used to generate barriers to prevent weeds from growing. In organic mulching materials do not decompose as organic does, so they will not provide your gardens or your trees with any extra soil quality or nutrition. If you were looking for a low maintenance mulch material that will prevent weeds in your garden beds and around your trees, inorganic mulch is for you!
Organic Benefits
The benefits of organic mulching materials definitely outweigh in organic materials in Athens by far. organic mulching materials conserve soil moisture which cuts back on your watering schedule and time spent in the garden in Athens. Organic mulch is also encourages the growth of soil micro organisms and reduces the spread of pathogens created in the soil from the splashing that is created during rain storms and watering. as organic mulch decomposes over time, your gardens and trees will be filled with extra nutrition throughout that will greatly benefit the trees and plants surrounding it.
If you’re looking for organic mulch delivery in Athens, LifeMulch is the way to go! We have a wide selection of premium colored organic mulch is available for delivery or pick up at an extremely low cost. Skip the line and save money by purchasing wholesale organic mulch for delivery in Athens today! if you have questions or concerns regarding what type of mulch would be best suited for your home please feel free to contact us using the link below!