Paradise Landscape and Hardscape is a full-service lawn care company in Annapolis. We offer professional landscape maintenance and lawn care services such as weekly lawn care services, customized fertilization programs, aeration, seeding, thatching, sod installation and complete lawn restoration to residential customers as well as commercial clients. Call us at (443) 458-5588 for more information!

The Benefits of Sodding

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The benefits of sodding are many when it comes to having an instant thick, luxurious yard. Planting a seeded or sprigged yard can take up to 18 months before it’s ready for use, meaning your lawn could look dull and neglected. On the other hand, sodding is much faster – typically only two weeks! You’ll be able to fully use your outdoor space while also adding an attractive aesthetic touch to your property in no time.

Sod requires less water.

Installing sod requires less irrigation than other alternatives, making it an ideal choice for any landscaping project. Planting new sod can be a lot of work, especially if you’re watering twice a day for the first couple weeks. Seeding your lawn may require up to four or more waterings each day to keep it moist and promote seed germination — an effort that’s both stressful and expensive. 

Sod makes your yard fuller and denser.

Sodding creates a luxuriously thick and even lawn, with pieces of sod woven together seamlessly. Unlike reseeding bare spots in your yard, sodding requires no additional labor to obtain an immaculate-looking green space.

Sod prevents soil erosion. 

Sod helps control dust, mud, and erosion upon installation. It’s also an excellent dirt filter from your home – far more effective than any other method! With sodded grass, you can substitute tedious maintenance tasks with superb comfort, knowing it will take care of itself.

Reduces Heat

On a scorching summer day, grass can be up to 30 degrees cooler than asphalt or rock and 15 degrees cooler than barren soil. In the height of summertime heat, eight houses with front lawns have an equivalent cooling effect to 70 tons of air conditioning! Additionally, 2,500 square feet of green grass has enough oxygen for four people to inhale – that’s not all, though; it also absorbs carbon dioxide!

  • We can create a healthier environment by decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases released into our atmosphere and absorbing carbon dioxide.
  • Much cooler than rock, concrete, asphalt, and artificial turf
  • Releases oxygen and cools the air

Why Sod?

Sodding is the quickest and most straightforward way to build a lawn from scratch. Your newly sodded space will be usable within three weeks, while the average-sized garden can be installed in merely a few hours – at a reasonable price! While seeding costs less money upfront, it comes with additional expenses due to erosion control treatments, reseeds, overseeds, and excessive watering needed over time – which can take up to two or three weeks before germination occurs. And newly seeded lawns take a great deal of time and nurturing to establish into mature, healthy yards and cannot be used for months.

  • Working with sod is a breeze and can be used in as little as two weeks – sometimes even less!
  • Whenever the soil isn’t icy, somebody can lay down sod. 
  • Sod requires less water for successful establishment than seed, making it an economical and eco-friendly choice for landscaping.
  • Cultivating a lawn with seed can take anywhere from 6 months to an entire year.
  • Depending on the type of seed, it can take anywhere from two to three weeks before they finally sprout and start growing.

Adds Value to Your Home

Transform your home with a well-landscaped yard and appreciate the value of your property by up to 20%! Soft, natural grass provides an ideal outdoor playing surface for kids, children, and pets. Nothing compares to a lush lawn when you want some time outdoors – whether it’s taking in the sights or running around like crazy.

Erosion & Filtration

Sod is mature when installed, instantaneously controlling erosion on slopes and steep hills. Moreover, turfgrass lawns can filter dirt and dust from your environment while also eliminating mud build-up. And if that wasn’t enough: a yard dampens noise pollution, absorbs carbon dioxide & releases oxygen keeping the air clean & fresh around your home!

Over the decades, we have installed hundreds of sod yards in Annapolis, MD and the surrounding areas. Fill out our quick FREE estimate form below to get going on your sod yard project!

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Fall Lawn Care in Annapolis

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Since cooler temperatures are coming, now is the time to prepare your lawn for winter. By taking care of your property in autumn, you can ensure that it will be green and healthy when spring arrives. Team Paradise offers a wide range of services for fall lawn care in Annapolis. Suppose you live in or near Annapolis, Edgewater, Severna Park, Bowie, Crofton, Stevensville, Odenton Gambrills Shady Side Harwood Lothian, or Severn in MD. In that case, our fall lawn care services are just what you need! We’re practical and easy to work with so that you can have the best-looking lawn on the block without any hassle. Here are a few tips for a dazzling spring lawn!

Top-Notch Fall Lawn Care for Annapolis Homeowners

Different lawns require extra care, which is why at Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes, we tailor our services to exactly what your lawn needs. We have several programs available for Fall lawn care, each of which takes into account the unique composition of your yard so that it will be primed and ready for winter weather. Here are a few of the treatments we utilize to boost the health of area lawns in the fall:

Fertilization

Help your lawn survive the winter by giving it extra nutrients now. Winter weather can be brutal on grass, so give yours a fighting chance with fertilization treatments using custom-blended fertilizer to help get ideal nutrient levels back into the blades.

Core Aeration

The summer months tend to be tough on your lawn since there is more foot traffic. Warmer weather means people are outside more often, resulting in compacted soil. If you aerate your property in the fall, it will allow water, nutrients, and oxygen to circulate better, leading to a healthier overall lawn. Our core aeration treatments use cutting-edge equipment for faster and enduring results.

Power Seeding

To have a healthy, lush lawn next spring, now is the time to overseed any bald or thin areas of your grass. Using our power seeding treatments and following proper watering and mowing practices will create a strong foundation for your lawn that will help it withstand winter weather and prevent weeds in the spring.

Call Paradise Landscapes and Hardscapes of Annapolis today at 443-458-5588 for additional information on our top-notch fall lawn care in Annapolis, Edgewater, Severna Park, Bowie, Crofton, Stevensville, Odenton, Gambrills, Severn, Shady Side, Lothian, Harwood and surrounding communities.

You can click below to fill out our quick FREE estimate form to get started today!

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Grass Care in Severna Park

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Call in the professionals at Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes of Annapolis to achieve a great lawn that will be the envy of your neighborhood. You may think you can take care of everything by yourself, but our team has the expertise to bring better results while also saving you time. As trusted experts in grass care, we have helped homeowners all over Severna Park, MD, create stunning landscapes they love coming home to day after day. If you’re looking for reliable grass care in Severna Park: Call us for a healthier lawn!

How Our Grass Care Team Keeps Severna Park Lawns Healthy

Our team can help you with several steps for a healthier, greener, and more robust lawn. Here are some of the ways we can help:

Choosing and applying fertilizer. Fertilizing your yard is crucial to keeping it healthy and sustaining continuous grass growth. However, getting fertilization right requires a few key considerations. First, effective fertilizer selection is essential. Different fertilizers have different concentrations of other nutrients, ultimately serving different purposes. Effective results also come from even applications delivered by experts using the best equipment available. With our in-depth expertise and cutting-edge equipment, we’ll choose the right fertilizer for your lawn and provide precise applications for results you can trust.

Managing weeds effectively. If you want a healthy lawn, then you need to be able to control the weeds. It’s difficult enough without having to try and manage it on your own. Fortunately, at Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes of Annapolis, we have specific treatments for different types of weeds that are guaranteed to work. We can help eliminate grassy, broadleafed, and pre-emergent weeds quickly so that you don’t have to worry about them in the future.

Lawn aeration. You need to take care of compacted soil to avoid becoming an ongoing problem for your lawn. DIY aeration provides only temporary solutions; our cutting-edge treatments are much more effective. We help your yard circulate water, oxygen, and nutrients so that it is healthy all year long.

Our Guaranteed Service

Working with us also means getting peace of mind. At Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes of Annapolis, we protect our service with a comprehensive service to put your mind at ease through the entire treatment process.

We offer a comprehensive range of proven grass care solutions to our neighbors in these areas:

  • Severna Park
  • Annapolis
  • Edgewater
  • Bowie
  • Crofton
  • Stevensville
  • Odenton
  • Gambrills
  • Shady Side
  • Harwood
  • Lothian
  • Severn
  • Arnold
  • Glen Burnie
  • Columbia
  • Davidsonville
  • Glen Burnie
  • Pasadena
  • And throughout the surrounding communities.

 

Contact us today at (443) 458-8858 to learn how Severna Park lawns benefit from professional grass care! Or, fill out our short form below to schedule a FREE estimate! We look forward to working with you.

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How to Prevent Frost Damage to Plants

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Homeowners, gardeners, and plant enthusiasts must consider all weather elements, including frost, to develop successful weed-control methods. Gardeners must not only think about how to combat weeds and pests effectively but also consider the entire picture of the weather, including frost. From the landscape experts at Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes, here is some excellent advice on how to prevent frost damage to plants: 

First of all, What is Frost? 

Frost generally appears on calm, clear nights when the temperature is close to freezing. With no wind, cold air settles near the ground. Vapor from the air condenses and turns into ice crystals on plants. A light frost can occur at temperatures below 40°F, and a frost advisory is usually issued in spring or fall if the forecast predicts it will be between 36°F and 32°F at some point during those seasons. We all know how frigid it can get in Annapolis winters here in Maryland.

How Does Frost Affect Plants? 

Many plants are damaged by the cold, but not all do so. Delicate spring blooms, potted plants, delicate fruits and vegetables, and perennial flowers are all particularly prone to freezing. Most established plants and certain early floras can withstand a few hours of light frost with little or no damage; however, the longer the period and the lower the temperature, the more likely it is to be harmful. Frost damage isn’t always apparent, but here are some signs to watch for:

  • Outer leaves are drooping
  • Leaves are wilted
  • Black or brown color changes are usually an indicator as well
  • Leaves that are dead or dying

Tips for Preventing Frost Damage to Plants

The most vulnerable time for garden trees to experience frost damage is between early spring and late fall when overnight temperatures are unpredictable. Keep an eye on the weather forecast and look for evidence that frost is approaching, such as clear, calm skies and declining afternoon temperatures. With these suggestions in mind, protect your yard from colder weather:

Short Term Frost Protection

Cover Up

Drape a lightweight cloth over your plants at sunset to prevent the cool night air from coming in contact with them. You can use a bed sheet, commercial frost cloth, or burlap plant cover. Cover seedlings or young plants with glass, plastic, or metal domes, flower pots, or buckets to keep them warm. Tighten up the excess cloth with bricks and rocks so it doesn’t blow away. 

Head Indoors

Keep your container plants safe from the cold by bringing them inside and away from heat sources.

Add Water

By watering your plants early in the day, you allow them to absorb enough moisture so that they can endure a light frost later on. The water within the soil and plant cells will help retain heat.

Long-Term Protection from Frost 

If you’re worried about your plants during the winter months when temperatures regularly dip below freezing, consider these options:

Wrap Your Shrubs, Trees, and Plants

Newly planted trees and shrubs and blooming plants such As azaleas, rhododendrons, and other reds may profit from being coated in burlap throughout the winter. Affix the material to the stakes with staples surrounding the plant’s perimeter using wooden stakes.

To learn more about how to prevent frost damage to plants or to book an appointment for commercial or residential landscaping services, call Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes at (443) 458-8858 or contact us below by filling out our quick FREE estimate form!

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Low Maintenance Plants and Grasses for the Chesapeake Bay Area Region

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If you’re looking for plants and grasses that don’t require much maintenance, you’ve come to the right place. This blog post will discuss some of the best low-maintenance plants and grasses for the Chesapeake Bay area region. Remember that different plants and grasses will thrive in other areas, so research before selecting the right ones.

So let’s dive in and talk about some good low-maintenance plants and grasses for your yard!

Low-maintenance landscaping is an ideal solution for many homeowners, so how do you start the plant selection process? In a perfect world, you want your yard projects and garden to take up a few hours of your time each week or less. The labor should be something that is at least tolerable to perform.

The best low-maintenance plants and grasses for the Chesapeake Bay area region

If you’re looking for a low-maintenance landscape, our Chesapeake native grasses and sedges are essential. Ornamental, clumping grasses that are deep-rooted only require one task per year: cutting them back in late March or early April as new growth starts at the bottom. The roots of grasses can go deep underground, which helps them stay green during droughts since they can access water from lower depths. They also don’t need nutrient-rich soil to survive like other plants.

Do you have sunny hot spots in your yard? 

Here are three great candidates for areas that are windswept or have dry, hot spots: 

Tall Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’: Watch this grass grow! In only a few short months, it will mature to 7 feet (8 feet when in bloom), with beautiful blue-green leaves that turn golden in the fall. This native cultivar gets its name from the delicate rosy puff clouds that appear above the leaves when they bloom.

Pink Muhly Grass, Muhlenbergia capillaris: The stunning pink-plumed grass is also salt tolerant and drought resistant. There are many cultivars and heights, although the straight kind is ideal for most garden beds at 4 feet tall. The primary disadvantage is that excess water, fertilizer, or poor winter drainage might harm it. Water it during dry spells while it’s establishing, then let it alone.

Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium: Blue grass, also known as “Blue Ice,” may be used to add structure and winter interest in a garden setting. Fall turns reddish-sienna in hue as the season passes. In ordinary garden soil (e.g., ‘The Blues’ or ‘Standing Ovation’), cultivars are less floppy and stand straighter (for example, ‘The Blues’ or ‘Standing Ovation’).

For a shady spot

Many grass-like plants in the carex family make great sedges. Here are three of our favorites, but feel free to explore and find your perfect plant. 

Bristle-leaf sedge, Carex eburnea: This plant is perfect for dry, shady areas under trees. It’s a 12-inch high ball of fine texture that’s reasonably drought tolerant and looks great in masses or mixed in with wild columbine. This plant grows in neat clumps and isn’t too fast spreading. However, it prefers alkaline soil over other types of soil.

Creek sedge, Carex amphibola: Perfect for creating stability on a sloped area next to a ditch or body of water, the 18-inch-tall plant does so by rhizome and from seed. It prefers damper regions but can survive most environments except sunny and hot places that are also dry.

 Blue Wood Sedge, Carex flaccosperma: The smallest in the group, this 6-12 inch tall plant has a more rustic woodland look that works well mixed with ferns and spring ephemerals a shady garden.

 Here are a couple of helpful resources:

 1) Grass comparison chart: Hoffman Nurseries 

 2) Chesapeake native plant finder

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The Importance of Curb Appeal for Your Home

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When you are selling your home, the first impression is critically important. You want potential buyers to be impressed as soon as they see the property, and one of the best ways to do that is by having great curb appeal. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of curb appeal for your home and how to make a good first impression. We will also provide tips on creating an excellent first impression with potential buyers!

Paying attention to the inside of your home is natural. However, putting just as much energy outside your home is vital. The curb appeal of a property is the value of its exterior. Because of its positive influence on purchasers, curb appeal helps sell homes faster and possibly for more money. A house with good curb appeal appeals to the eye and creates confidence in potential buyers.

Here are a few reasons you should think about curb appeal when selling or trying to improve the value of your home!

Shows The Value of Home Maintenance

Buyers judge properties the minute they see the house. The exterior appearance of a property is typically consistent with the interior. Suppose the outside looks unkempt with long grass or has a yard full of weeds, prospects judge. Prospective buyers judge if the paint on the house is faded or peeling. Cracks in the driveway or sidewalk also create an unfavorable judgment. You get the point. These problems can immediately translate to dollars and stress for home purchasers! Usually, buyers can get gun shy or turned off in seconds when they pull up at your home. This shows the importance of curb appeal for your home and how to make a good first impression

First Impressions Mean Everything

When potential buyers arrive at your house, your yard is the first thing they notice. Buyers immediately evaluate the outside and landscaping when they come to the property. This initial reaction is powerful and will set the tone of the home tour and how prospective clients perceive the rest of the house. If their first impression is weak, they will have a tainted view of the rest of the property.

Steps You Up from Competition

A home with a bland or poor curb appeal is forgettable. It will stand out from the crowd if you stand out from the competition because of its beautiful green lawn, brilliant landscaping, and recently painted exteriors.

With pictures becoming the catalyst for a buyer’s first impression, many internet viewers might pass over a listing because of an unattractive appearance from a brief snap. Furthermore, staging eye-catching actions or a porch can help you produce more compelling photos to entice potential customers!

A professional landscaping business can quickly improve the look of your property’s exterior by adding greenery, flowers, and other features. Paradise Landscapes and Hardscapes can promptly transform your outside space with our landscape and hardscape services, allowing you to wow potential purchasers while also increasing the value of your home!

If you are selling your home in Annapolis, or just need a makeover or cleanup, click on the button below to get started on your project! We look forward to working with you.

 

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Affordable Lawn Maintenance Services

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We make it our business to design and build gorgeous, healthy green lawns in Annapolis, Severna Park, and all of Anne Arundel County, MD. Creating a beautiful yard that your neighbors will envy takes time and dedication. Following some basic principles, Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes can provide a few lawn care tips to help you do it yourself. Here are a few lawn care tips when thinking about types of affordable lawn maintenance services:

  • Our crew at Paradise suggests cutting the grass at the height of 3-4 inches.
  • Don’t keep your lawn mower blade too low to avoid cutting the grass too short. If your lawn is too short, the roots get stunted.
  • Only mow your yard when it needs it.
  • Use a high-quality mower with a sharp blade.
  • To add compost nutrients, leave the clippings on the lawn.

Call us if you’ve heard or tried everything above and are unhappy with the results. Team Paradise can provide all of your property’s lawn maintenance services. We’ve been doing dirty work for nearly 20 years, so we’ve got a trained eye for seeing where your lawn problems might be with a disease, drought, or anything else that might jump out at us. Our team of experienced lawn care experts is why we stay ahead of the competition.

Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes are the Lawn Care Pros in Annapolis 

The folks who love their lawn and landscape are the ones you’ll see out there working hard. They know how they want things to look, so it’s no surprise that these individuals spend countless hours maintaining them! We also understand that your yard might be your hobby, and we know firsthand how cathartic it can be. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean you know how to care for it as we do. 

On the other hand, we’ve also seen green thumb homeowners talented enough to hire! 

Maybe you’re one of the people who love to maintain their lawn. You find them mowing or pruning during weekdays after work and then again on weekends when it’s not too hot outside — they have tools for everything! We see you working hard maintaining your sprinkler systems, fighting the droughts, and pulling up the weeds. We admire you! But would you rather have an ice-cold drink and a bbq? You miss out if you value time and live life as we do. 

Take Back Your Yard and Your Free Time

Call Paradise Landscape and Hardscapes today (443) 458-5599 or complete our super easy by clicking the button at the bottom of this post to schedule a FREE lawn care estimate. 

Don’t Wait – Connect with our established team of lawn care experts today for the best lawn maintenance service in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. No job is too small or large, and we cover commercial and residential properties. We’re the best for lawn services and Annapolis’s #1 lawn care maintenance company. 

We Put The Mow Down on Anne Arundel County

Lawn mowing isn’t the only thing we’re good at either. We also do other affordable lawn maintenance services like:

  • Pruning and trimming
  • Edging
  • Mulching and yard cleanup
  • Weekly lawn mowing services
  • Yard drainage and Irrigation
  • Paver patios
  • Stone paver walkways
  • Pool decks
  • Retaining walls
  • Fertilization
  • And more

We love getting dirty and take pride in our work. It’s easy to get started with us. Click the free estimate button below to schedule a time for us to come out and meet you.

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The Importance of Lawn Care

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Summer is here, meaning lawn mowing season is in full effect. As a homeowner, do you know the importance of lawn care? Mowing your yard is essential for lawn maintenance services and helps keep up with the appeal of your lovely home. Mowing your lawn also helps keep your yard healthy and free of annoying pests that can invade your yard during the Spring months. Lawn mowing also helps ensure that your yard stays free of debris and maintains it in good shape. Homeowners in Annapolis, MD, and surrounding areas know they experience a mid-latitude climate. If you live in Annapolis, you know we have incredibly humid summers, crisp but rainy falls, reasonably mild winters, and beautiful springs. Paradise Landscapes and Hardscapes understands the importance of lawn care and will build green lawns in the Annapolis, Arnold, Severna Park, and Anne Arundel County, MD area in no time.

Here are some lawn care tips that will get your yard in shape for the summer pool party and BBQ season:

Benefits of Keeping A Manicured Lawn

Many benefits come from maintaining your lawn mowing services for spring cleanup; they range from appearance to overall health. One primary advantage to cutting your grass is that grass clippings provide natural fertilizer to your home’s lawn. Fertilizer contributes significantly to the overall appearance of your home and the health of your grass. A good mowing and grass that is an equal height looks prettier and can even appear greener, most likely due to the yard’s equal amount of sun and water. A good cut helps nutrients permeate the ground evenly. Healthy grass multiplies and thrives when cut correctly.

Tips For Mowing Your Lawn

There are many ways to mow your lawn, so pick a method that suits your ability to cut the grass consistently and then consider these best practices:

  • find out what type of grass you have
  • cut off one-third of the initial length
  • let your shaded yard parts have longer grass
  • alternate your grass mowing pattern
  • mow your lawn in the morning or the evening

If you’re not up to the task or want to enjoy your summer without the hassle of mowing your lawn, hire the pros at Paradise Landscapes and Hardscapes.

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Common Weeds in Annapolis

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If you’re like most Annapolis homeowners, maintaining a weed-free lawn is a priority. Weeds can quickly take over and make your yard look sloppy and unkempt. In this lawn care blog post, we will share some helpful information on identifying common weeds in Annapolis and a few suggestions from the pros on keeping your lawn weed-free. 

You can always depend on Paradise Landscapes and Hardscapes to take care of your lawn. We’ll de-weed, fertilize, aerate, mulch, and cut the grass for you so that your yard stays healthy and lush this summer! A beautiful property deserves an even more gorgeous appearance – which means hiring lawn care professionals like ourselves will ensure everything gets done right.

We offer weekly and monthly lawn maintenance packages in Annapolis to keep your yard in tip-top shape, and no job is too small or big for our lawn care experts.

Paradise Landscapes and Hardscapes is a local full-service landscaping company that provides expert landscaping and lawn care maintenance services for home and business owners in the following areas: Annapolis, Harwood, Edgewater, Arnold, Severna Park, Gambrills, Pasadena, Harwood, Edgewater, Bowie, Baltimore, Crofton, Millersville, and Kent Island.

Let’s talk weeds. Weeds are a formidable opponent of any yard, not to mention that they are just a complete nuisance! They compete for sunlight and nutrients, which causes stress to your grass. When your yard isn’t getting the nutrients, it needs disease occurs.

We tackle weeds before they become a serious problem!

Lawn care is vital to maintaining the health of your yard and the aesthetics of your property. We’ll ensure you have a weed-free lawn by trimming, mowing it frequently, and fertilizing it according to our soil-tested recommendations for each product we use on-site so that no pesky weeds can take root! We also know that weeds can still get onto your property even with the BEST lawn care.

If you want a gorgeous, lush lawn free of ugly weeds, you’ve got to work hard! If weeding sounds like a nightmare, give Paradise Landscapes and Hardscapes a call or fill out our short and sweet FREE estimate form at the bottom of this post. We will be happy to transform your space into your private oasis.

How do weeds grow?

Weeds are spread usually through the wind as their seeds are carried from spot to spot to germinate. When they land on your soil, they invade your grass and plants. If you live in Anne Arundel County, here are a few common weeds in our area:

Nutsedge

Nutsedge is notorious for standing out like a sore thumb, growing significantly taller than the usual grass and sprouting very quickly. The triangular-shaped blades of Nutsedge are frequently bright green and easy to spot. Since Nutsedge is technically a type of grass and not a weed, typical weed control tactics and products may not always combat the problem. Nutsedge usually has to be treated once it’s emerged with a custom product.

Dandelion

The cute little Dandelion is actually a weed and very common in Mayland. Dandelions are perennial weeds found on almost every property in Annapolis and spread seeds prolifically. A single Dandelion plant may produce hundreds of seeds and cover several acres. The flowers of the Dandelion are vivid yellow, and when dried, they transform into white balls of fluff that readily fly in the breeze. The breeze carries them from yard to yard, and this is how Dandelions germinate. Dandelions will not grow if you apply pre-emergents in the fall or early spring. Keeping a thick and lush lawn is the best defense against Dandelions. 

More Common Weeds in Annapolis

 

Crabgrass

Crabgrass is a hardy weed that proliferates and can spread rapidly. A single crabgrass plant may produce 150,000 seeds during the growing season, making it difficult to control. Crabgrass will take over an entire lawn and eliminate the existing grass, causing erosion problems in the winter when it dies off if left unchecked. Crabgrass, left unchecked, will overtake an entire lawn, killing off the grass and causing yard drainage problems when it dies. Crabgrass will return every year and germinate in the spring and summer months. Although this pesky weed is tough to get rid of once it has sprouted, specialized treatments are available to knock them out. 

Clover

Crimson and clover… over and over. Yep, most Annapolis properties have green Clover patches present in them. All Clover varieties have three (4 if you’re lucky) round leaflets at the end of a long stem, although there are numerous types. The flowers on this type of weed are round pink or white buds. Your soil is most likely lacking nitrogen if you see clovers.

Thistle

Thistle is a perennial weed with sharp, pricking leaves and (occasionally) lilac-pink blooms. This plant spreads rapidly via its aggressive root system and the ability to distribute thousands of seeds in a short amount of time.

Chickweed

Chickweed is a common weed that is easy to identify. If you look closely at Chickweed, you’ll see that each flower has five petals. But the petals of the blossom appear to have ten petals due to the thick lobe on each. It’s important to be careful when pulling this weed from your yard due to its shallow root system. Chickweed will usually die off on its own. Because traditional weed control methods are less effective during the cooler months, it’s best to let this plant go dormant and eventually dissolve after the first few cuts of the year.

That about sums it up for the most common types of weeds in Annapolis. Do you have more lawn care questions? Ask the Experts! Fill out our short form, call us or connect with us on social media for more tips!

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Benefits of Mowing the Lawn

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Lawn care is an essential part of proper yard maintenance, but many people neglect it, especially lack of time. However, when you factor in all the benefits of mowing your lawn or having someone else do so – like reduced gas costs and increased property value- throwing some money at this task might cost you more in the long term! Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of mowing the lawn on a regular basis. 

Mowing the lawn serves a couple of purposes. First, the aesthetic benefits are immediate. Cutting the grass is a great way to keep it neat and even. You will have a nicely manicured yard to add value to your home and other benefits like reducing grasses that could lead to weeds or disease due to weather conditions! Plus, weekly lawn mowing helps maintain its fresh appearance, which brings lots of satisfaction and pride with property ownership.

Mowing the lawn is an essential part of keeping your grass healthy and eliminating pests simultaneously. The weekly mows help pick up any debris that may accumulate, which keeps everything looking nice for you!

What are some other benefits of mowing the lawn?

Regular lawn mowing services will keep your yard healthy and beautiful. By providing equal distribution to the areas mowed, you can get a consistent look without worrying about uneven spots or patches that might fade quickly due to a lack of nutrients. Where is the lack of nutrients found? For example, heavy clay soil types can be highly compacted and lack nutrients. Weeds also create a lack of nutrients if left unchecked. 

The healthiest and strongest shoots grow back after each cut when you mow your lawn. These hardy plants can flourish because they’re getting reinforced with fresh nutrients from surrounding soil recently fertilized by all those beautiful green leaves we shed into it over time!

Grasses are natural fertilizers for lawns and gardens. The fallen grass shoots can be used as a soil supplement, especially when bagged before being laid out on the ground to compost over time! Mowing helps keep everything fresh by returning some debris into our planet’s belly (or so they say).

A few things to remember if you decide to mow your lawn:

  • Keep Your Lawn Mowing Blade High
  • Mow Your Yard When It’s Dry, Not Wet
  • Switch Up Your Lawn Mowing PatternVary Your Mowing Pattern
  • A Lawn Mowing Set Day Of The Week Isn’t Necessary
  • Hold On A Minute Before Mowing A New Lawn
  • Leave Your Grass Clippings Where They Lie
  • Keep Your Lawn Mower Blade Nice and Sharp

Let us help make your life stress free and the beauty on the block! Team Paradise specializes in lawn care and lawn mowing services in Annapolis, MD, and surrounding areas! We are scheduling our weekly lawn care services for the Annapolis area now! If you need a hand this summer with your yard work, click the button below to fill out our FREE estimate form to get started.

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