Winter isn’t a popular time for growing plants and flowers, but that doesn’t mean your landscaping should get a pass from care during the colder months. Winter preparation can guarantee your lawn, trees, and flowers look lush and healthy when warmer weather rolls back around in the spring. Everything from your view to your grass will benefit from these winter landscaping tips. 

3 Winter Landscaping Tasks You Shouldn’t Overlook

1. Tree Services

Winter weather can wreak havoc on the trees in your yard by bringing down weak or damaged limbs and uprooting diseased trees. Hiring a service for tree trimming and pruning can reduce your risk of experiencing storm damage from trees during the winter months. It’s also a good idea to apply mulch to tree bases to keep roots warm and protected when temperatures drop below freezing.

2. Protecting Your Planting Beds

When spring arrives, your planting beds will be ready for attention, but preparing them now can make spring landscaping easier. Prune your shrubs and flowers and remove the debris before applying a layer of fresh mulch along the beds. This will keep the roots warm in freezing weather while allowing them to feed on much-needed nutrients in the soil. 

3. Checking Your Irrigation System

Whether you have sprinklers or a state-of-the-art irrigation system, it needs to be winterized to protect the equipment in winter. Make sure all piping and hoses have been drained of water. A professional landscaper can blow out your system using air pressure if an automatic feature isn’t installed. 

Whether you need some trees trimmed or your landscaping cared for this winter, the specialists at Childers Tree Service in York, SC, has more than 30 years of experience providing landscaping and tree services. Fully licensed and insured, their team specializes in tree removal and stump grinding in York County, the Lake Wiley region, and the Rock Hill area. Call (803) 627-3157 for emergency tree services 24 hours a day or visit them online to learn more about their company.