Landscaping in Colorado Springs is wind, decomposed granite, hail, and a plant list that has to survive colder nights than a Denver tree lawn. Rock mulch, native grass, pine, and scrub oak fit the foothills. A thirsty bluegrass plan fights the wind and the water. Winter wind burns evergreens even when the soil is damp. Hail shreds a new bed and then the sun returns. Pine needles smother ground cover and clog the drains that were meant to save the foundation. The east side is more open and more plains-like. The west and the north are slope, rock, and trees. Those are different yards.
Say the job and the soil. Cleanup, a tree on the roof, a bed the wind killed, irrigation repair, or grading that currently sends storm water at the house. Ask who maintains drip or spray after the crew leaves, and who replaces a plant that dies in a windy establishment week or in a hailstorm. Ask whether grade changes. On a foothill lot, water from above is the design problem. On decomposed granite, water runs rather than sits, and a careless swale still aims it at the foundation. Ask about haul-away so cut pine does not stay piled against the wall.
Keep limbs off roofs that already take wind and hail. Needles in a gutter are a roof problem you can cause with a tree. Wildfire edge lots should say what is growing against the siding, in plain language, without a speech. Do not import a basin clay plan. If your soil has actually heaved, say that. Otherwise describe the granite, the wind, and the slope.
Windburn and hail are not a watering mistake. A brown evergreen on the bench above town may be winter injury, and a shredded bed may be one storm. Say which damage you see so the next planting is chosen for granite, wind, and a hard night, not for a tree lawn in a lower city.
Name the side of town and the work. Call the number on this page.