- Lower water bills
- Reduced water use
- Attractive plants with less maintenance
- More wildlife habitat
- Less plant disease and more pest resistance
- Deeper roots help to stabilize slopes and prevent soil erosion
- More groundwater recharge
- Less polluted runoff flowing to the ocean
- When your property blends with your surroundings, the property looks larger and more graceful
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Getting ready for spring
Mar 08, 2021
Now is the time!
Your dream landscape!
Preparing your outdoor areas for the growing season requires a comprehensive understanding of the turf, trees, shrubs, hardscaping elements and irrigation system. Use your landscaping budget wisely and effectively by hiring our team of arbor care experts, water management specialists, landscapers and hardscaping experts.Winter Maintenance Goals:Winter season is the perfect time of the year to get your property ready for the spring growing season. Whether you hire a company like Allstate Landscape Services to do the work or choose to do the work yourself, there are some critical areas that need to be addressed during the winter.
Some of the benefits of drought tolerant plants include:
4 primary options for creating a drought tolerant landscape:
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- The ‘Minimalist effect’
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This kind of landscape focuses on the removal of the majority of plants and natural grass and replaces it with decorative rock, decomposed granite, and a handful of cactus and succulents.
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- The ‘Southwestern effect’
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This kind of landscape utilizes a combination of plants native to the southwest along with a greater proportion of succulents and cactus to fill in space. Sometimes the ground will be covered by succulents such as sedums and ice plants but also with decorative rocks and decomposed granite.
- The ‘California natives effect’
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This kind of landscape focuses on a combination of California indigenous native plants such as ceanothus, Arctostaphylos, salvia, rhamnus, and others along with ornamental grasses such as Muhlenbergia, Pennisetum, and miscanthus.
- The ‘Mediterranean effect’
This landscape offers the most amount of color but also requires the most amount of maintenance. Plants like lavender, rosemary, sage, and olives are often used in these kinds of landscapes.
Lawn Replacement Options
The biggest source of water consumption in a landscape but one that most homeowners have a difficult time parting with is a natural grass lawn. With penalties for local water use skyrocketing, many homeowners are choosing to replace their natural grass.
Drought tolerant natural grasses:
- West coast bentgrass
- Bermuda grass varieties
- Kurapia
- Buffalo grass
Synthetic turf:
At southwest greens southern California, we manufacture and install up to 70 different varieties of synthetic turf including our most realistic-looking bolt natural turf. Turf can be used for front, side, and rear yards, for pet areas, for play areas, for concreted and rooftop spaces, for event spaces, and as a source of entertainment such as our award-winning golden bear turf putting greens and bocce courts. With turf, you use virtually no water, require no mowing, fertilizing, or weeding, and you keep your area dirt-free
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