12 Ways to save $$$ in your landscape:
Plant quick growing shade trees for future summers (poplar hybrids, willow hybrids & lombardy poplar for examples)
Choose younger bare root flowering shrubs and trees (saves money and water)
Mulch with shredded bark mulch or aged compost/manure mix (keeps the ground cool over the roots reducing water needs)
Select perennial plants over annuals (plant once and grow for years – also perennials require less water than annuals)
Plant spreading perennials and ground covers in bare...