LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, August 20

Stretching Your Landscape Budget

CrabappleLandscapExperts are masters of the many ways to stretch your landscape budget, but we never sacrifice quality for price. 

• We select the smallest-sized plants, so long as they achieve our design objectives and are effective
• Bare-root plants are more economical and grow more quickly, if the renovation schedule and the calendar allows (narrow window of opportunity in late winter)
• Use inexpensive annuals as fillers while slower-growing shrubs and trees are getting established
• Use more common, less expensive plants as background, and new introductions as specimens
• Space ground covers with an eye to mature size rather than immediate impact