Standard Trimming
Landscapers prune and trim shrubs and ground covers in the planting beds, removing dead, diseased branches and weakened growth to maintain plant health and vigor.
Please note that this includes hard pruning some plants such as the Agapanthus, Irises, Ivy, and Nandita. These plants are cut back to the ground to promote fresh new growth, a fuller form, and in some cases, more abundant flowers. This creates bare or empty spots in the landscaping for short periods of time while the plants regenerate.
If you would like to opt out of this trimming, contact the Association Manager to add your home the No Trim List.
Please note that this includes hard pruning some plants such as the Agapanthus, Irises, Ivy, and Nandita. These plants are cut back to the ground to promote fresh new growth, a fuller form, and in some cases, more abundant flowers. This creates bare or empty spots in the landscaping for short periods of time while the plants regenerate.
If you would like to opt out of this trimming, contact the Association Manager to add your home the No Trim List.
We have hundreds of different shrubs and plants in our neighborhood. This is just a short list of some of the pruning that is done as part of our landscaper's standard professional pruning routine.
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Agapanthus: One of the most reliable summer flowering plants for California landscaping is Agapanthus, originally a native of Southern Africa and sometimes known as “Lilly of the Nile.” Its blue (and occasionally white) flowers are born on sturdy stems in early summer.
While the agapanthus is a hardy plant, that can come back from frost damage, its clumps become overgrown in time and benefit from hard pruning. While the clumps will initially appear smaller after the hard pruning, they will grow out over the next month or two and will be healthier and produce better blooms in the future. |
English Ivy: One of the most attractive perennial plants we are fortunate to have here at Kentfield Commons is English Ivy (hedera helix). When managed properly, its glossy leaves remain evergreen and can withstand both extremes of heat and cold.
In fact, it is a vigorous grower, and so to maintain its appearance and to keep its vines from becoming matted and overgrown it must be pruned regularly.
The best time for pruning English Ivy is in the late winter or early spring, when the plants are well-watered and healthy and when the warming temperatures will stimulate new growth. There is, however, a tradeoff for maintaining a healthy ivy bed, and that is because if properly (i.e., hard enough) pruned, there will be a period when it will look “scalped” before the new growth takes over. But do not fear – the bare vines will soon turn bright green and provide us with another season of beauty.
In fact, it is a vigorous grower, and so to maintain its appearance and to keep its vines from becoming matted and overgrown it must be pruned regularly.
The best time for pruning English Ivy is in the late winter or early spring, when the plants are well-watered and healthy and when the warming temperatures will stimulate new growth. There is, however, a tradeoff for maintaining a healthy ivy bed, and that is because if properly (i.e., hard enough) pruned, there will be a period when it will look “scalped” before the new growth takes over. But do not fear – the bare vines will soon turn bright green and provide us with another season of beauty.