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The Top Five Hedges for Southwest Florida

Service Green • August 31, 2019

Five Hedges for Your Lawn!

One of the best things about owning a home of your own is being able to engage in some landscaping services, such as planting and cultivating quality hedges on your property. This is something that you would be unable to do if you were stuck renting a condominium, apartment, or even another home from a landlord. In all of these scenarios, it is your landlord who has the final say over everything from your living room décor to your lawn’s overall look and everything in between. What’s more, it is your landlord who stands to benefit financially from any money invested in the property.

You, meanwhile, are not able to reap any financial rewards, nor are you able to do any landscaping.

That’s a shame, because southwest Florida is a great place for landscaping, especially when it comes to quality hedges. With the help of a top landscaping company in the area, you can make one or more of the hedges listed below work like a charm in your front or back lawn.

Hedges with Colorful Flowers
It should come as no surprise that hedges with colorful flowers are among the most popular in the southwest Florida region. Flowering hedges such as the Glabra firebush boast beautiful blooms which are perfect for adding a dash of color to your lawn and garden area.

Hedges with Fruit
Are you looking to add a bit of fruit-bearing beauty to your backyard? Then why not give hedges with fruits a try? For example, Viburnum obovatum features lovely berries which can attract songbirds. These hedges are thus great for helping your garden area look, smell, and even sound absolutely lovely.

Small Hedges
Are you looking for hedges on the smaller side? You’ll want to perform an online search and see about getting miniaturized versions of some of the most popular southwest Florida hedge types.

Hedges and Shade
It’s no secret that it can get a bit hot and humid in Florida during the summer. As the temperature starts to rise, you’ll want to have hedges in place which can provide a bit of shade. As you might imagine, these hedges tend to be on the tall side. Options such as Myrcianthes fragrans can grow to be several feet tall and give off quite an aromatic scent.

Hedges and Shearing
If you know anything about landscaping, you probably know that the practice of trimming and shearing foliage is a delicate one. Not only do you need to be careful while doing it, but you likewise need to make sure that it’s safe to do it to the plants in question in the first place. You don’t want to take a pair of shears to your hedge only to find out that it isn’t amenable to shearing.

Thankfully, there are plenty of hardy southwest Florida hedges such as Forestiera segregata which are up to the task. They’re shearing-friendly hedges that can be shaped with ease.

Consult a quality local landscaping company and see which hedges are best for your home’s exterior décor style.

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