Greenscape Design Blog

Maintaining your lawn is very important for many reasons. Regular lawn maintenance promotes your lawn’s health, prevents diseases and harmful pests, eliminates weeds, and increases your home’s curb appeal and value.

Here are some reasons why it’s vital to keep your lawn maintained in Palm Beach, Jupiter, Manalapan, and the surrounding areas.

Promotes Optimum Health & Nutrient Absorption

Grass grows at an astounding rate. Ensuring your lawn is regularly trimmed is vital to its health as it keeps the grass blades at the proper height for photosynthesis and nutrient absorption. Infrequent mowing is detrimental to your lawn’s health as it cuts off more than one-third of the grass blade at once. Removing more than one-third leaves your lawn vulnerable to weeds, dehydration, and heat damage, and sends the grass blades into shock. When this happens, your grass doesn’t absorb the nutrients it needs to stay strong and healthy.

When thatch builds up in your grass, it blocks the grass blades from receiving the proper amount of water, sunlight, and nutrients, causing them to starve and die. Removing thatch and aerating your...

More than three-quarters of Florida’s population lives in coastal counties. Landscaping in these areas requires a little extra planning when choosing what plants to use for homes that occupy beachfront property. Some important things to consider when choosing plants for beachfront homes is to pick plants that can handle the coastal breeze, high levels of salt, and sandy high-pH soils.

If you have a beachfront home in Palm Beach, Jupiter, Manalapan, and the surrounding areas, here are some of the best plants to use for your coastal property.

Plants That Have a High Salt Tolerance Include Bluestem, Salt Grass, & More

One of the most important things to consider when choosing plants for your beachfront home is picking plants that have a high salt-tolerance. Salt is inescapable along the coast, therefore it’s important that your property’s plants can handle the high levels of salt, both in the air and on the ground. This is especially important for homes that live within an eighth of a mile of the coast and have seawater occasionally wash over their property. Salt-tolerant plants can have varying degrees of tolerance, but the higher...