What Your Landscaping Company Should Know About Florida Friendly Landscaping

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Florida Friendly Landscaping explained.

It’s important to know when landscaping that some plants grow great in South Florida. It doesn’t matter where they come from as long as they grow great with minimal maintenance and time spent. This is a misconception when it comes to Florida Friendly plants; they might grow great in South-Florida, but that doesn’t mean it comes from Florida, which is okay because there are a great many plants that grow great around here, including ornamentals, shrubs, trees, grass and turf growth and much more.

Selecting the Right Plants for the Right Gardens

However, selecting the right plants is easier said than done for landscaping to be “Florida Friendly” it has to match the climatic conditions of Florida, which match the current soil site, aiming for a diversity of soil, light, water, and climatic conditions all things considered it has to fit right into Florida’s climate. In addition to being easy to grow, they also attract wildlife and require minimal extra water, fertilizer, and pest control. Many gorgeous ornamentals grow well in Sarasota’s climate Jacobinia Pink, Persian Shield, Bromeliads, and much more. If you can think of color, there is probably a Florida Friendly ornamental ready to grow. The reasons why choosing Florida Friendly are numerous. Still, perhaps the best reason is that weather events like hurricanes, cold snaps, heat, pests/diseases, for example, can get very cold in South Florida, so you won’t want to plant anything that dies during cold snaps. There’s also poor soil, which will cause non-accustomed plants to starve and die off without extensive modification. There are also pests like whiteflies and the like that are much more accustomed to living in Florida than anywhere else; simply put, Florida’s heat attracts unwanted guests. There’s also water efficiency. Choosing these drought-tolerant plants is a great way of saving water costs whilst lowering the risk of low water.

Florida Friendly and Envrionmental Conservation

Florida plants are susceptible to environmental changes such as yard pests, fertilizers, stormwater runoff, mulching, and cutting out thatch. Protecting Florida’s delicate waterways is absolutely paramount because of the damage that’s already been done so far and how important the waterways are. Floria Friendly landscaping techniques should be employed to minimize stormwater and retain as much rainwater as possible to save on irrigation costs. When landscaping, it’s essential to establish a ten-foot maintenance-free zone around waterways to prevent grass clippings, chemicals, and fertilizers from seeping into the water. The reason why there’s so much emphasis on waterway conservation in South Florida is that much of the inhabited areas used to be wet but have been drained. The vast majority of Florida is flat, so stormwater must be blocked from entering waterways. When it comes to Florida Friendly landscaping, it’s important to micromanage things like fertilizers, preventing stormwater from entering the water, conserving water, planting native or Florida Friendly plants that are drought tolerant. There’s also managing heat, pesticides, and poor soil quality, as well as soil control and fertilization. For Sarasota landscaping, however, the most important thing is to at all costs protect the waterways and prevent pollution. Many laws explicitly forbid pollution, and no one wants that. Need landscapers who know how the climate works? GreenTech is an excellent choice for an environmental knowledge-based approach to landscaping. We are very experienced working with Florida’s unique climate and landscaping challenges. Get in touch with us if you have any questions.