Your Fall
Landscape Checklist
W
ith fall upon
But how can you be sure that your
continue to feed over the winter,
us, we await
trees will stay healthy and strong this
apply a slow-release fertilizer to
the arrival of
fall, continuing to welcome you home
replace nutrients and improve
the beautiful,
with their beauty?
resistance to damage from disease,
vibrant colors
to dawn the
leaves of our beloved trees. Over
just a few weeks, those bright green
leaves transform into shades of dark
brown, buttery yellow, deep red and
vibrant orange. The changing leaves
welcoming you home is one of the
best parts of fall.
insects and stressful weather.
There’s much more to these majestic
trees than the eye can see.
Mark off each of the steps in this fall
checklist and your trees will be sure
to stand tall and beautiful season
after season.
Step One: Fall fertilization
Step Two: Hearty hydration
Fall is the season to give your trees
a hearty gulp of water before winter
strikes. To make sure they are wellhydrated throughout the freezing
winter, quench your trees’ roots.
Subsurface watering is an efficient
Pretty soon, after their colorful arrival,
With a hot summer and cold winter,
way to reach the tree’s roots. Using an
you will find yourself raking up the
trees are bound to lose vital nutrients
injection probe, water is distributed
crunchy leaves and bidding farewell
in the soil.
throughout the top 12 inches of
To help make sure your trees gain
soil— the area your trees need water
nutrients lost this summer and
the most.
to your trees’ foliage for the next
couple months.
60 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 21