Maintaining your landscape beds goes a long way in improving your curb appeal. One way to amp up your property's visual appeal is to trim and prune your plants. These tasks prevent your plants from looking messy and unkempt. Refreshing your mulch will give your landscape beds a fresh look and will make them stand out. Lastly, add edging around your landscape beds to define the space in your yard and create a charming look on your property. Keep reading to learn more about how these landscaping tasks can improve the curb appeal of your home or business in Tennessee.

Trimming and pruning your plants will make your landscape look more manicured.

Bushes from landscape bed trimmed neatly in Germantown, TN.

Overgrown plants can quickly plummet your curb appeal. You'll want to keep them neat and manicured through regular trimming and pruning because well-maintained plants do wonders for your curb appeal! Trimming involves scaling back overgrown and unkempt branches that look messy, keeping your plants looking fresh. It also improves air circulation and exposes more areas of your plants to sunlight to help them grow more vibrant and lush.

Pruning is different. While it also involves cutting back branches, this task focuses on plant health. Pruning removes your plants' weak and diseased branches to stop an infection from spreading to the rest of the plant. Struggling plants can be a sight for sore eyes. They also create an impression to your guests that your landscape is poorly maintained.

Timing is vital when trimming and pruning because doing them at the wrong time can cause more stress to your plants.

Refreshing your mulch will revitalize your curb appeal.

Mulch added to bed in East Memphis, TN.

Replenishing your mulch is an easy way to revitalize the visual appeal of your landscape beds. That's because mulch covers the unappealing bare soil on your landscape beds and provides them with a finishing look. However, the layer of mulch you have will get thin, and its color will fade over time, which can drag down the curb appeal of your property. To prevent this, you need to refresh your mulch at least once a year to ensure your landscape beds always look pristine.

As mulch breaks down, it will deliver nutrients back to your soil.

Add Edging Around Your Landscape Beds To Create a More Pristine Look

If you want to enhance the curb appeal of your landscape beds, adding edging around them is a great way to do it! Adding edging defines the space in your yard and creates a crisp line that separates your lawn from your landscape beds. This will make your property look more pristine and cleaner! It also emphasizes the shape of your landscape beds, especially if they are designed with curves and distinct contours.

Landscape bed edging also keeps your mulch in place, meaning you don't have to worry about finding your mulch scattered around your yard. This means there is less maintenance work on your part. Another underrated benefit of edging is how it helps prevent weeds on your lawn from creeping into your garden beds, and vice versa.

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If you're tired of looking at your outdated landscape beds and want to update their aesthetic appeal, you've come to the right place. Our experts at Picture Perfect Landscapes offer a full-service landscape maintenance program that includes mulch installation, edging, and trimming and pruning. We will work tirelessly to ensure your landscape beds look beautiful and that your property stands out.

Our crew serves commercial, residential, and HOA properties in Memphis, Midtown Memphis, East Memphis, TN, and nearby areas. Call us today at (901) 246-7656 to schedule our full-service landscape maintenance program!