Preparing your Winter Landscape for the Onset of Spring

 Entry #920, January 25, 2012

Wintertime can be rough on landscaping around your home. The cold temperatures lack of colorful plants, and neglected grounds are a popular scene around most homes at this time of year. Even though the winter is in full swing, soon the warmer spring temperatures will creep in, and your landscaping will be able to show off once again. While you are awaiting the first signs of spring, here are helpful tips to help prepare you winter landscape and make it look its best throughout these cold winter months.

Your winter landscape can still be beautiful

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Keeping your grounds tidy:

Whether you have snow, leaves, or just a dormant lawn, there is no reason your grounds can’t stay looking beautiful. If you live in a snowy region, keep your sidewalks and walkways clear for safety. For grounds that have fallen leaves, rake often and replace mulch in plant beds to protect plants from dips in the temperature. In many regions, your lawn may be dormant but it still can be tidied up by edging, removing leaves, and watering every few weeks if it has been dry.

Bring color to your winter home

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Add color to your winter landscape:

Once the spring arrives bringing color into your outdoors won’t be a challenge. During these winter months, look to colorful seasonal plant varieties.  Ask local gardening experts in your town for regional plants that do well in outdoor planters. Even evergreen shrubs can add a fresh appeal of greenery, over dying and brown plants from the fall. Depending on your location, will dictate what plants will thrive during the winter. If it’s too cold for plants, brighten up your front door with a live evergreen wreath with colorful ribbon, or add colorful pottery and garden decor around your landscaping to bring pops of color.

Planters can create a gorgeous front entryway to your home

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Preparing for spring can sometimes feel like a long wait, but with the use of creative color, and tidying up your grounds, the winter won’t seem so long. Your landscaping adds to the curb appeal of your home year around, and keeping it well kept will make your job easier in the spring. After all, you live in your home throughout the year, and what feels better than looking out onto beautiful grounds. Use these helpful tips to brighten your landscape, before you know it, there will be no excuses to get out there and get planting!

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