Landscaping in New Port Richey, FL

Two very different kinds of property in one city

New Port Richey is really two markets. West of US 19 toward the Gulf you have older neighborhoods, canal-front homes, and mature trees. East toward Little Road and River Ridge you have newer subdivisions on flatter, more uniform lots. What works on one side of town is frequently wrong on the other.

This is our home base, which mostly means we know which streets flood, which neighborhoods have well irrigation, and which subdivisions have the sandiest soil. That is not marketing language, it is just the practical benefit of running crews out of a yard a few minutes away.

Salt, sand, and water on the west side

Anything near the Cotee River or the Gulf Harbors canals deals with salt. Salt spray and brackish irrigation water will burn St. Augustine over time, and plants that thrive three miles inland will look sick on a canal lot. On those properties we lean toward Bahia or a salt-tolerant variety, and we choose plantings that can actually take it.

Soil on the west side is sand with very little organic matter, which drains fast and holds almost no nutrients. Beds there need amendment before anything goes in, or you are watering constantly and still watching plants decline.

Older neighborhoods like Jasmine Lakes and Magnolia Valley have real oak canopy now, and that is the single most common reason we get called about failing sod here. Floratam needs six or more hours of direct sun. Under a mature oak it thins out and disappears within two seasons no matter how much you water it.

Neighborhoods We Serve in New Port Richey

We work throughout Gulf Harbors, River Ridge, Jasmine Lakes, Magnolia Valley, Millpond Estates, Longleaf, Trinity Oaks, and the older neighborhoods around downtown and Sims Park.