Let Your Landscape Support Nature!

How can your landscaping in Texas benefit wildlife and nature?

Try Wildscaping!  Wildscaping is the designing of your landscape to benefit and attract birds and butterflies as well as other types of wildlife.  This landscaping concept  can provide food, water and shelter.  Food is provided through using plants native to your areas.  Water can be provided through a beautiful water feature that will welcome many members of the wildlife community.  Wildscaping can help offset the disappearance of wildlife habitat caused by over development.

Smart choices to plant include Red Rocks-a plant that provides nourishment for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.  Blanco Crabapples provides pollen and nectar to insects and fruit for migrating songbirds.  The crabapple trees have beautiful spring blooms and they provide lovely leaf color in the fall.

Burroughs Landscaping can assist you with a plan to add beauty to your landscaping plan and to help preserve the natural heritage of the lovely Hill Country of Texas. You don’t have to wildscape your entire yard, but consider incorporating wildscaping into your plan by adding a section of your back yard or even to just a few pots on a patio or near a new water feature.  Adding natural trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflower species to our communities also reduces the use of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers, also saving money and maintenance.

  

Burroughs Landscaping will be happy to discuss all your options!  

Burroughs Landscaping offers outstanding service and innovative ideas with landscaping tailored to Xeriscaping in Hill Country Texas. The experienced team enjoys landscaping in Kerrville, Hunt, Ingram, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Bandera, Comfort, San Antonio and Mountain Home. Burroughs works with home owners, builders and general contractors and considers the location, topography, aesthetics and aspirations of each client.

Ready for Summer '15?

Now is the perfect time to prepare for the summer! Do not miss this opportunity during our mild winters in Hill Country Texas to make even small improvements in our outdoor living spaces. Take this time to step back and look at your yard. It is recommended to limit your yard to 1/3 turf, 1/3 hardscape and 1/3 planting beds. 

Bermuda and St. Augustine Floratam are the two recommended types of grass to plant in the San Antonio area. St. Augustine can thrive in alkaline soils and in moderate shade to full sun. Having superior color, a hefty grower and spreading quickly, St. Augustine will need more water than other types of grass.  
Bermuda grass is drought resistant and provides quick coverage. It is very durable, not requiring fertilizer and bears high traffic well. Bermuda will go dormant during drought conditions, but greens right up as soon as moisture returns. It will need to be edged frequently around trees and fences as it spreads quickly.

Contact Burroughs Landscaping for the best solution for your yard. Their expert team will combine your ideas with their knowledge and make your yard all it can be before summer arrives.

Burroughs Landscaping offers outstanding service and innovative ideas with landscaping tailored to Xeriscaping in Hill Country Texas. The experienced team enjoys landscaping in Kerrville, Hunt, Ingram, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Bandera, Comfort, San Antonio and Mountain Home. Burroughs works with home owners, builders and general contractors and considers the location, topography, aesthetics and aspirations of each client. 

Preparing Beds for Summer 2015...

Summer will be here before we know it! March is the perfect time to be thinking ahead for summer landscaping in Hill Country Texas. It is recommended that your landscape consist of no more than 1/3 turf, 1/3 hardscape and 1/3 planting beds. This is the most time saving and economical solution for drought resistant results. 


The main thing to remember for low maintenance and savings as well, is natural! Xeriscaping will save you money and a lot of work. Trees, bushes and flowers that are native to the San Antonio area are naturally beautiful and low maintenance. 

Keep in mind if you are planting for shade or direct sun and how large a plant will be when full grown. Plant according to full grown size. Also consider deer resistant plants. While no plant is totally deer resistant, there are some that are less appealing to the "dears". 

If it is possible, a natural garden is an excellent choice. This will encourage butterflies, birds and other colorful friends to visit and is virtually maintenance free. Sunflowers are colorful and exciting in a garden. Senna roemeriana, damainita and a variety of daisies are just a few of many available drought resistance beauties.

Prepare now for relaxing summer months of enjoying your updated outdoor living space. Contact Burroughs Landscaping to combine your ideas with their expertise to gain the most enjoyment of your yard and gardens this summer.