Trees and plants put in the spring weather often get hit with a quick heat warm up as they are going through transplant shock.
Everyone is scrambling to get to their spring landscape so contractors are hard to find and often charge more.
If you can take those spring ideas and hold them until October or even November, you're going to have a few advantages.
1. Most plants will be dormant and loss due to transplant shock will be less.
2. Contractors will have more time to work on your project and it will most likely be better quality.
3. The lawn will be dry and dormant resulting in less injury from equipment and foot traffic.
4. Close out sales on plants and landscape features can get you some great budget deals.
Disadvantages
1. The biggest is that a lot of plants still need water at the time of planting which means hoses need to be used and if you're not careful, can freeze.
2. Plant stock has been picked through and there may not be a lot of options. It's not a bad idea to shop through the nurseries and pick out stock through the summer. You can create an area next to your house to put these plants and keep them wet until you are ready to plant. The shock is the same whether those plants sit at a nursery or in your yard. Don't trust the nursery to hold them for you, too many times I've lost plants due to unscrupulous people taking off the red sold sticker so they can take the plant.
3. You can get caught with a early snow or frozen ground, but usually you can time it with the forecast. Frozen ground should not have pavers put in or they will fail.
So even though your thoughts are on school, football and raking leaves, this is a good time to get that landscape project done and be ready to simply enjoy spring.
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