Tucson’s mild climate means that many perennials are ready for new spring growth in late January. While pre-winter garden maintenance is essential, you can also support a healthy post-winter garden by scheduling pruning, clean-up, and prep tasks for late winter. Horticulture Unlimited offers January landscape and garden maintenance services in Tucson, AZ that can set you up for year-round success. Here is a closer look at why January maintenance is essential, and the most important maintenance tasks.
Why Yard and Tree Maintenance is Essential in January
Many of your annuals will die over the winter, and evergreen plants and perennials may become damaged due to winter temperatures and storms. Scheduling January tree and yard maintenance can prepare your landscaped areas for new spring growth by getting rid of dead brush to make way for new landscaping and gardening design ideas. When complete, your home or business will look better, you’ll have the space needed for new spring plants, and you’ll reduce the risk of dead brush and weeds attracting pests and wildlife, or causing a fire hazard.
Determining Which Plants Need Late-Winter Attention in Tucson
Some plants are incredibly cold tolerant and won’t get damaged by overnight frosts, high winds, or winter rain. However, some desert and non-native plants can sustain winter damage. Focus on tending to:
- Tender or cold-sensitive plants like tropical plants, hibiscus, non-native palms, bougainvillea, and succulents
- Citrus and deciduous fruit trees, especially young trees
- Roses
- Deciduous shrubs
- Frost-damaged plants
Hardy perennials, annuals, evergreen shrubs, bulbs, and tubers don’t need January maintenance unless they are severely damaged or have completely died and need to be removed.
Creating a January Landscape Maintenance Checklist
Your January landscape maintenance tasks should be oriented towards preparing your property for new spring growth and ensuring the continued health of perennial and evergreen plants. Completing necessary maintenance can also give you new ideas for a front yard garden or outdoor living space, as you’ll free up space by getting rid of overgrowth and dead brush and plants. Here are the most important tasks to focus on when cleaning up your landscaped areas, garden, or yard:
- Cleaning up fallen leaves and pods and removing dead grass, plants, and debris
- Pulling weeds and using a pre-emergent herbicide to prevent spring weeds
- Refreshing mulch or amending soil to provide plants with necessary warmth and nutrients
- Trimming and pruning roses, evergreen shrubs and dormant and deciduous desert shrubs and trees as needed
- Fertilizing winter flowers, herbs, and vegetables
- Inspecting and repairing irrigation systems
- Planting cool-season flowers, plants, and vegetables, such as carrots, peas, broccoli, arugula, dill, fennel, parsley, and native wildflowers
- Protecting cold sensitive plants for upcoming overnight frost or freeze
- Transplanting shrubs, cacti, or native plants to new parts of the yard
Partnering with a Local Tucson Landscaping Company
When you partner with a local Tucson landscaping company for garden and yard maintenance, you can get expert guidance and advice on maintaining the health and beauty of your property. Horticulture Unlimited offers full-service, year-round residential and commercial landscape maintenance in Tucson, AZ. Whether you need seasonal clean-up, irrigation system tune-ups, or year-round landscape maintenance, we offer quality, customizable services. Call us today at or contact us online to set up an initial consultation.