Caring For Your Lawn

Education for both our employees and our customers is very important to us. Do you want to know how often to water your lawn? Or what type of weeds are growning in your yard? Be sure to ask us when we come to treat your lawn.

Definitions

Below you will find some common terms used when discussing the health of your lawn, trees and shrubs.

annual bluegrass: (Poa annua) - A short, narrow leaf annual grass that germinates in late summer to early fall.

Bermuda: (Cynodon dactylon) - An aggressive perennial creeping grass with excellent heat and drought tolerance.

crabgrass: (Digitaria haller) - a broad leaf annual grass that grows well with a full sun exposure.

dallis grass: (Paspalum dilatatum) - A tall perennial grass with a light green color. 

henbit/dead-nettle: (Lamium amplexicaule) - A winter annual with rounded toothed leaves and pinkish to pale purple colored trumpet shaped flowers.

mistletoe: (Phoradendron macrophyllum) - an evergreen plant with green stems and thin oval leaves.  The plant is a parasitic as it will typically grow on a host tree causing damage to the host tree.

nutsedge: (Cyperus spp.) - A grass-like weed that grows from a tuber and is a perennial plant.

St. Augustine: (Stenotaphrum secundatum) - A medium to broad leaf grass.

spurge:  (Chamaesyce maculata) -  A dark bluish green with a reddish underneath low growing annual plant.

tree murdering - Severe trimming of trees to stimulate growth.

bagworms - (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis) -  A common caterpillar that can cause defoliation and tree branch dieback.

webworms - (Hyphantria cunea) - A small worm that will spin webs in trees and brush. The webs are unsightly and can stress the plant to make it suceptible to drought and disease.