Commercial Landscaping Blog for The San Jose | Bay Area, CA

Winter is Prime Planting Season for Trees, Shrubs, Vines and vibrant Holiday Flowers for commercial landscape maintenance. They often establish more quickly when they are in the cool winter and fall season. The cooler holiday weather allows the plants root system to acclimate more quickly from transplant shock.

Valuable Tips to keep in mind as you review your Corporate Landscaping

• Reduce the Landscape watering frequency for established plantings

• Remove trees that pose a critical risk to the public’s safety

• Fertilize Trees, Shrubs as appropriate

• Fertilize Lawns as appropriate

• Have trees inspected by an experienced arborist, prune dead, diseased or unsafe branches.

• Remove weak limbs in Trees

• Plant New Trees and Shrubs

• Mulch Trees and shrubs as appropriate

• Inspect Plant material for disease and pests treating appropriately

• Conduct the appropriate water schedule for the cooler weather

Is Flood Control is neccessary in Commercial Landscaping?

With recent storms pounding the bay area, it’s not uncommon to have flooding in parking lots in a commercial office property or a retail shopping center. If not managed by your commercial landscape maintenance company, It can have a negative environmental impact on the property, causing soil erosion issues on their property and others creating a negative perception for visitors, neighbors and the general public.

There are 5 New Trends Why Annuals are worth the expense.Come fall, winter, spring and summer. It turns out the talk is about vibrant, colorful annuals planted in high interest areas with, bright cool colors.

What are you doing to reduce water consumption on your property? In the bay area, although we have received some sporadic rainfall, this winter has been relatively dry. From reduced snowpack in the Sierra’s to low water reserves in lakes and reservoirs, in California, the lack of rainfall is a concerning matter, especially for Bay area water supplies. The California’s Department of Water Resources is urging businesses and residences state wide to reduce water use by 20 percent and have communicated that despite the fact that we have reduced our water footprint by 20%, the cost of water will continue to rise. Here are some ways you can help to conserve water usage in and around your commercial property.

7 EmergingTrends for The Commercial Real Estate Industry

As the leaves start to drop, our vision and thoughts progress into the New Year. 2015 was an excellent year for the commercial real estate industry, with increased employee retention driving enthusiasm and technology advancements streamlining operations. Here’s more to the millennial generation than being obsessed with smart tablets and the mental focus of working to live — and it’s inevitable that you understand this new group because this generation of our future is having a major impact on today’s real estate industry.

4 Trends for better communication with your commercial landscaping service

In order to get what you want from your commercial landscaping service you must communicate with them.  Everyone has an idea of what they want their property to look like as well as expectations of the company that is providing their service on a regular basis.   FloraTerra takes these queues to heart, so how do you communicate them?

Commercial tree pruning in the winter months can help save you time and money because its healthier for your trees and corporate landscaping. 

Most people like to sit outside when there’s favorable weather outside. And now that we are into fall starting to make its way to the San Jose area, occupants and employees are going to want to get out and explore the feeling of fall and winter.

You can provide the optimum outdoor space to for outdoor relaxation in your commercial office landscaping. Not only will it help them relax and enjoy their time outdoors, it will also keep visitors and tenants onsite, but the patio can also become a social gathering space for business meetings and create a more appealing property setting.

Winter Tree Pruning Saves on Resources.

Our professional arborists value your time- and provide cost effective commercial tree pruning solutions. In the winter months when trees are dormant, our certified arborists have a clear vision of your trees structure and can make the appropriate decisions for pruning. Tree branches are lighter and easier to access for pruning and clearance, and trees without leafs are much easier to see. With branching patterns being more assessable and easier to see, the plant material can be pruned to encourage structural integrity and maintain its natural form.

Why Tree Stakes?

Young trees in the wild grow strong naturally, without the help of stakes. In the woods, trees grow up in the shelter of taller trees and are not affected by wind. According to the University of Davis, young trees develop strong roots and trunks before they expend energy in growing vertically, and don't need staking. If you've planted a young tree in an open, windy environment, you may need to stake it until its roots are strong enough to anchor it properly.