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Drought Tolerant Plants

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Orange County Landscape

If you are looking for an installation of drought tolerant plants or “xeriscaping,” you’ve come to the right place.  TRU Landscape Services has been landscaping in Orange County California for over 25 years.  This experience means we know which plants will thrive, and which will have a hard time surviving.

Because we care about the environment and saving you money, our goal is to conserve water.  With state of the art sprinkler systems, and drought resistant plant installations your Orange County landscape will thrive.  The following blog is about one low water landscape.  If you’re already interested in getting an estimate on your own drought tolerant landscape, call us today at 1-866-487-1359.

TRU Landscape Services just finished a landscape project in Anaheim. The city of Anaheim is surrounded by the cities of Yorba Linda and Orange. Disneyland is located in the city of Anaheim. Our project was to install sprinklers, concrete curb and low water plants. We gave the customer an estimate and went over some ideas with them. Shortly after that they hired us to landscape their front yard. The customer wanted a dry river running through their front yard. TRU Landscape Services thought that a concrete curb would be the best application to outline the dry river bed.

Bobcat Orange County

The area in which we were landscaping had a huge mound of dirt. This mound was causing the water to run towards the house. This wasn’t good, we were surprised that the house didn’t have water damage. So on the first day of work we took our Bobcat and removed the dirt down to a level grade. We did leave a little pitch on the yard so that the water would drain forward away from the house. After removing the dirt we installed the sprinklers. For this project we installed Rain bird 4” 1800 series. We installed all new pipes and fittings. TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape projects for over 25 years in Orange County.

Landscape Borders

After finishing the first day we came back on the second day and installed a concrete curb for the dry river bed. We prefer using this style of landscape border. Being made out of  concrete the curb should last for many years of enjoyment.  After finishing the border we installed a landscape fabric to block future weeds from growing. Next we placed the boulders in place.

Low Water Plants

On the final day we installed the gravel down the dry river. Next we installed all of the plants. This area could have been installed with grass, but by installing low water plants, this customer will save hundreds of dollars on water. Not to mention that these plants won’t need to be trimmed or cleaned but for a couple times a year. If your looking to landscape your property with low water plants or a dry river bed give TRU Landscape Services a call for a free estimate.

Orange County Landscape

TRU Landscape Services has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 25 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features, ponds, Putting Greens, we also offer Low Voltage Lighting, Synthetic Turf, Fire Pits, plus many other services.

Please call TRU Landscape Services toll free at : 866-487-1359

Weather Based Irrigation Timers

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Saving Water in Orange County

TRU Landscape Services was called out to a large commercial building this week in Fountain Valley. Fountain Valley is a city located in Orange County, California and is surround by the Cities of Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, and Huntington Beach. This commercial building has large landscape areas. The owner wanted to know how to save water and money. We started by checking the sprinkler timer; the settings were set for 15 minutes a day for each station. Orange County has been receiving rain these last couple of months. It has not been a lot of rain but enough to keep most things living. Running the sprinklers for 15 minutes a day during the winter is way too much water. TRU Landscape Services has most of our sprinkler timers shut off or turned down to one day a week. This owner was mad at his landscape crew for not setting the timer. We explained that’s part of a good landscape maintenance company, to set the timer during the different seasons of the year.

Smart Controllers / Weather Based Controllers

We explained to our customer that a smart controller would help save water. Smart Controller or Weather Based timers use different techniques to monitor the water being used. The Smart controller we use the most is Smart Dial by Irritrol.  This Weather track enables controller uses daily ET values to adjust watering times to meet the specific needs of each landscape area for the ultimate in water management. These timers can save up to 20% of the water used. TRU Landscape Services is a certified installer of these timers and most other companies that make Weather based timers. These timers do take some landscape knowledge. You need to know what type of plants, Trees, and Turf that you are watering. Many factors are involved in programming one of these timers. We have seen  landscape companies install these timers and end up putting them into a manual mode, because they did not understand how to program the timers. By putting these timers into a manual mode it defeats the whole purpose of installing this style of timer. Most customers and landscapers do not pay attention to their sprinkler timer until they see brown spots on the grass. The rest of the time they just let the timer over water. Thousands of gallons of water are wasted everyday because of this. Orange County along with most other counties in Southern California is in a drought. Smart timers use a weather tower in your area to tell the timers how much water is necessary. This process is done using ET Values. ET is the amount of water lost from the soil through evaporation plus the plants water loss. This is known as transpiration, weather conditions affect both of these drastically. Many studies have been done on these timers proving that they work well. Most water departments will give a rebate for the installations of these timers. Please feel free to call our office if you should have any questions. 1-866-487-1359

Orange County Landscape Contractor

TRU Landscape has been performing landscape services throughout Orange County, California for the last 20 years. We offer competitive landscape contracting services including general landscape construction, hardscape construction, water features including pondless waterfalls, koi fish ponds, garden ponds, we also offer lightscaping, Synthetic Turf, putting greens, plus many other services.
Please call Tru Landscape toll free at : 866-487-1359