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Maintaining your Trees and Shrubs - Lawn and Landscape Resource Guide - TruGreen

Maintaining your Trees and Shrubs

Maintaining Plants
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As part of our promise to maintain your greener, more weed-free lawn and landscape, TruGreen is also committed to helping you address common questions that arise in the maintenance of your lawn. TruGreen can help you keep your trees and shrubs growing and beautiful with these maintenance tips:

Watering
  • Newly planted plants are highly susceptible to dry conditions because of the limited root system. Therefore, apply supplemental water and soak the entire root system with each watering.
  • Water twice a week during the hot season unless there is an inch of rainfall every seven to ten days.

Mulching
  • Cover the area around your trees or shrubs with one to three inches of mulch.
  • TruGreen recommends using organic mulches like ground bark.
  • Newly planted trees and large shrubs should have their trunks and larger branches wrapped to reduce sun scald.
  • Remove wrapping the following spring and reapply in the fall.

Pruning
  • Cut branches at different lengths to achieve the desired shape for deciduous trees and shrubs.
  • Thin out the interior of the plant by removing dead branches and selectively remove branches or twigs to reduce overcrowding.
  • Shaping and thinning can generally be done anytime, but pruning certain shrubs will reduce flowering the following spring.
  • Evergreen pruning can be done on an annual basis and can be used to thicken the overall plant.

Fertilize
  • Fall and spring are typically the best seasons for fertilization when root growth is most active.
  • Apply fertilizer to the surface of the soil or inject it into the ground.
  • Fertilizer should be applied under the spread of tree branches, but not too close to the trunk.

Other topics for lawn and landscape care include:
Watering
Mowing
Seeding
Thatch and Aeration
Selecting Plants
Transplanting Plants

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