September is one of the best months of the year to give your Northern Virginia landscape some much-needed attention. After months of summer heat, cooler temperatures create excellent conditions for cleaning up landscape beds, adding new plants and preparing your property for fall and winter.
At Complete Lawn Service of Northern Virginia, we have been helping homeowners maintain and improve their landscapes for more than 50 years. If your property needs weeding, planting, mulching or a complete fall cleanup, September is a great time to get started.
Clean Up Landscape Beds and Get Weeds Under Control
Weeds don’t disappear just because summer is coming to an end. In fact, allowing weeds to remain in your landscape beds can give them more time to spread and compete with your trees, shrubs and other plants for water and nutrients.
Removing weeds in September helps clean up your beds and gives your landscape a fresh appearance heading into fall. It’s also a good opportunity to redefine bed edges, remove unwanted growth and evaluate which areas could benefit from new plants or mulch.
Taking care of weeds now can mean less work later and a healthier, more attractive landscape.
September Is a Great Time for Planting
Thinking about adding trees, shrubs or perennials to your Northern Virginia property? Fall can be one of the best times to do it.
While the air begins to cool in September, the soil remains relatively warm. These conditions allow many newly installed plants to concentrate their energy on establishing strong root systems instead of dealing with the stress of extreme summer temperatures.
Getting plants established during the fall can give them a head start before winter and help prepare them for healthy growth when spring arrives.
Whether you’re replacing older shrubs, adding color to your landscape beds or redesigning an entire section of your property, September provides an excellent opportunity to make those improvements.
Add Fresh Mulch for Fall
Mulching isn’t just a spring landscaping project. September is also an excellent time to add fresh mulch to your landscape beds.
A proper layer of mulch can help:
- Suppress weed growth
- Retain moisture in the soil
- Moderate soil temperatures
- Protect plant roots as colder weather approaches
- Give landscape beds a clean, professionally maintained appearance
Fresh mulch can also provide an immediate visual improvement to your property. After a long, hot summer, newly weeded and mulched beds can make your entire landscape look refreshed.
Don’t Forget the Rest of Your Fall Landscape
September is also a good time to look at the overall condition of your property. Shrubs may need trimming, beds may need edging and summer growth may need to be cleaned up.
It’s also time to start thinking about other important fall lawn and landscaping projects, including aeration, overseeding, fall cleanups, drainage improvements and new landscape installations.
Getting started in September gives you more time to complete outdoor projects before colder weather and falling leaves arrive.
Let Complete Lawn Service Get Your Property Ready for Fall
You don’t have to spend your September weekends pulling weeds, spreading mulch and digging holes for new plants.
Complete Lawn Service of Northern Virginia has been serving Northern Virginia homeowners for more than 50 years. Our experienced team can handle everything from routine landscape maintenance to planting, mulching, landscape design, hardscaping and complete property improvements.
We proudly serve homeowners throughout Fairfax County, Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Vienna, McLean, Reston, Herndon, Loudoun County, Prince William County, Stafford and surrounding Northern Virginia communities.
Make the most of September’s excellent landscaping conditions and get your property looking its best for fall.
Call Complete Lawn Service of Northern Virginia today at 703-560-5296 (LAWN) for a FREE estimate.
