Spring is in the air, and landscaping is on everyone’s mind! Do you need some advice on landscaping your new home or possibly redoing your old flowerbeds? Scott and Beth Haley are the owners of Southern Roots Nursery and Gardens located at 2971 Holly Springs Rd. just outside the Hernando city limits. For more information on landscaping, we contacted them for this week’s blog! Here’s some advice Scott had to offer:
To keep things affordable, try to focus your attention to mostly 3-gallon plants. These typically range from $15-$20. You really only need one or two 7-15 gallon plants, and you’ll probably want to make them your primary focal points in the flowerbed (especially if you’re starting from scratch).
That leads to our next topic. If you are starting from scratch, it’s actually better to start in the fall. The fall tends to be the best time of year to plant. There just happens to be a lot more available in the spring. Don’t let that discourage you, though. For those of us that aren’t exactly “green thumbs”, April showers work wonders in helping to establish those new plants! Be sure before you rip out every plant in your flowerbed that there aren’t any that you want to keep. Sometimes leaving a few older plants and incorporating some new ones into the mix gives your bed a little more maturity. When you’re buying, remember to get plenty of evergreens, such as Boxwoods. You don’t want a flowerbed that’s beautiful for a few weeks then bare the rest of the year. Keeping that in mind, if you like color, pay close attention to bloom seasons when you’re buying plants. This will allow you to have color year round, instead of having everything bloom at once, then fade away. One last tip is to pay attention to scale. Make sure the scale of the bed meets the scale of the home! If you own a two-story home with a high-pitched roof, you’re probably going to want to purchase taller plants and do a deeper garden. On the other hand, if you own a single story home with low rooflines, you may be able to get away with some smaller plants.
For more information on landscaping, contact Scott at (662) 429-3611. He and his employees would love to help you design the perfect flowerbed! If you purchase from them, Scott will even drive to your home to give you some tips! If you’re looking to buy or build a new home, visit www.gustafsonproperties.com and contact us today!
