Landscaping for All Seasons: Maintaining a Beautiful Yard Year-Round in the Overland Park and Basehor, KS Areas

Landscaping in the Overland Park and Basehor, KS areas isn’t just a growing season activity. Every season, there is an opportunity to prepare, maintain, or winterize your landscape to make it healthy and beautiful. From plantings to landscaping services, there are a variety of options to consider when planning for year-round visual appeal. 

Spring

Spring marks the beginning of the growing season and is often characterized by new blooms, sunshine, and getting your landscape ready for enjoyment. This is a good time to take stock of your landscape and determine what is healthy, what needs some support, and what you’d like to add. Examine your trees, hedges, and shrubs for any damage, disease, or pests. Bare spots, large numbers of bugs, and unusual bark colors can be indicators that your plantings need additional support for their health. Check out any perennial plants and determine where and what annuals will be planted. Spring is an opportunity to add any soil amendments and add mulch. Mulching can help stabilize soil temperature as the weather heats up and help retain moisture. If you have an irrigation system, a spring start-up service can ensure there are no cracked pipes or sprinkler heads that would leak or be ineffective. If your lawn needs an extra boost, now is also good to fertilize.

Summer

Now you’re able to enjoy all your hard work and planning! You and your guests can spend the warmer days lounging in the sun and soaking up the surrounding nature. It’s also smart to use summer to do quick checks on your greenery to make sure they’re getting enough water. If you don’t have a smart system that tracks rain, temperature, and wind, you may need to do some manual adjusting of your schedule as the water needs change from season to season. You can also use summer to start planning for fall landscaping. Many of the plantings that bloom in the spring and summer can start to peter out come fall and you can replace them with fall-loving plants. Be careful to not plant too soon, as fall plants tend to thrive in cooler temperatures and planting them too early may cause them to overheat.

Fall

As the temperatures drop, you can start to put in your favorite fall blossoms. This landscape updating gives you a fresh new appearance and can keep some color in your plantings regardless of the season. Fall can also be a time to add fresh mulching to help stabilize soil temperatures as temperatures drop. If you skipped spring fertilization or your lawn needs some extra love, you can fertilize during this season. The cooler temperatures can keep the fertilizer from burning your plantings while encouraging root growth for survival of the winter months.

Winter

As the growing season comes to a close, it’s important to winterize your landscape. Irrigation systems should be drained to prevent water freezing and cracking pipes. You can also aerate your lawn during the winter. The more exposed root system won’t suffer from too much heat or direct sun. The pause in the growing season also allows for tree and hedge pruning that won’t damage new growth or prevent new buds from emerging in the spring. A final look at your plantings can also help identify any areas of your landscape that need more focus the following growing season or places that your maintenance and planning paid off in lush greenery.