Evaluating Existing Plant Material: Keep Marginal Plants or Not
When plants are on the borderline of health, the decision of whether or not to keep them is more difficult than if they are doing either well or poorly. CrabappleLandscapExperts
- Weigh the cost of labor and supplies involved in rejuvenating the plant over time (fertilizing, pruning)
- Compare removal costs
- Consider replacement costs
- Evaluate the time of year
- Decide if the plant is rare or commonplace
If the plant will need a lot of work to bring it up to thriving, and if it will need to be removed in a couple of years anyway, we will let you know the remedial work is not justified and give you plenty of options.
CrabappleLandscapExperts never assume that just because a plant was removed from a location, it needs an immediate replacement. Unless the plant was located specifically to modify the environment around a home or property (e.g. solar shading, windbreak) or to contribute to the design (balance, symmetry) there may be no need to replace it.
Once the decision is made, we will offer suggestions to Property Managers and Homeowner Association Reps to help them replace the marginal plant with a newer or dwarf cultivar that will do well in the location.
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