Protect Your Landscaping from the Damaging Effects of Jack Frost

Have you implemented a plan to protect your lawn this winter? If not, the expert landscapers at Root’s Nurseries are here to help! As a trusted landscaper serving Strasburg and the surrounding areas, we are here to offer up some advice that can help you protect your lawn and landscaping this winter.

First, make sure you’ve planted some shrubs or trees that don’t go dormant in the winter. After all, you’ll want something to look at! Your Root’s landscaper can help you choose distinctive evergreens as well as perennials with large seedpods that bring interest when covered in snow.

Next, deadhead your perennials. Deadheading is a necessary task for your landscaping. A trimming of the dead, old growth needs to occur so that fresh, new growth for the upcoming spring months can occur. If you do not wish to handle this on your own, call or visit our landscaper to let us know.

Also, the pruning of trees on your property should be done at this time of year or at some point during the cooler months. Our landscaper can provide you with the right pruning to help your trees thrive now through spring and back into summer. Pruning takes the skilled hands and knowledgeable training of a professional landscaper that knows how to encourage plant life to best adapt to our local Pennsylvania climate. As a local landscaper, we know how to do so! We can even provide pruning that looks great too!

We can help you create a garden maze or dramatic outlines with hedges that will look impressive all year long.

Remember! Your lawn is in something of a state of hibernation during the winter months. So, it is important to remember that if you place anything with some weight on it on the property during several months of freeze and thaw, you will encounter a flattened grass presentation. This will set your lawn up to have its grass grow horizontally, or, even, not grow at all in the spring time, possibly killing the patch outright.

Root's Nurseries can enhance your outdoor living area with plantings for four season enjoyment. Are you looking for a professional landscaper in Strasburg? Call Root’s Nurseries at 717-898-0041, or you can contact us for a Free Estimate.

On sale this month: Zelkova Village Green

Looking to save on something from our Lancaster area nursery this month? You can now pick up a Zelkova Village Green tree, a shade tree, at 30% off.



The Village Green is a variety of the Zelkova tree, and can reach heights as tall as 50 to 60 feet. In warm weather, it shows off its dark green leaves, before they turn a rust red color in the fall. The Zelkova family of trees is native to Japan, but will grow just fine in your yard and will look fantastic as a new addition to your landscape. And, thanks to our discount, you'll be able to take one of these home and plant it at a 30% discount!

What are you waiting for? Stop by the nursery today and check out the trees and plants we have available. Or, if you have questions, give us a call at (717) 898-0041.

A Treetop Office

An older form of natural art, called "arborsculpture," uses trees to create new and interesting works of art, or puts a tree-based spin on a traditional idea. In this example, someone transformed three hybrid Poplar trees into a treetop office area.


The trees were leveled off at a height of 15 feet.


A plywood floor was then bolted to the treetops.


A frame was built on top of the plywood floor to guide the growth of the tree branches.



Here's the completed project, with WiFi access included!

We love finding and sharing interesting landscape design ideas with our readers and customers. If you have an idea that you'd like to move from the bounds of your imagination into the real world, give us a call today at (717) 898-0041.

Sod Sofas: Landscaping Works of Art

The Department of Agriculture at Cornell University has Sod Sofa creation down to a science.

Oh, you've never heard of a Sod Sofa? Well, it's exactly what it sounds like. Take a look.


By shaping soil in a particular way and planing grass or moss, you can put something together that eventually takes the shape of a sofa. The grass or moss becomes the upholstery, and on sunny days, you can have a seat or lay down on your sod sofa and read a book, or chat with friends.



Since 1895, Root's Nurseries has helped residents in Central Pennsylvania create their own works of art. If you have a landscaping dream that you'd like to have fulfilled, give us a call and tell us more about it. We'd love to help! Our number is (717) 898-0041, or you can get in touch by completing our FREE landscaping estimate form.

Lancaster Landscape Design

Spring is just around the corner, and now's the time to start thinking about your landscaping goals. Are you a do-it-yourselfer, or are you thinking about calling in professionals to handle your landscaping project from start to finish?

Root's Nurseries has been serving the Lancaster area for over 100 years. We not only grow trees, shrubs and other types of plants for customers to purchase, we also aid in the areas of landscaping and landscape design. Take a look at this landscape design sketch we completed for a customer.

We can put our landscape design skills to work and help transform your landscape into something that will wow your neighbors and increase your property value. Give us a call today at (717) 898-0041. You can also complete our FREE landscape design estimate form online.

Lancaster's Garden Center

Lancaster homeowners who want to add to their landscapes have trusted Root's Nurseries for over 100 years. Whether its evergreen trees, ornamental shrubs, or other types of plants, Root's Nurseries has what you're looking for to help spruce up your landscape.

Need help coming up with some ideas? Root's Nurseries has landscape designers who can help you design the landscape of your dreams. And if you need help the rest of the way through the project, our landscaping specialists can put everything into place perfectly.

Come by the Root's Nurseries Lancaster garden center today to see what we have available. Our current winter hours are by appointment only, so call 717-898-0041 today.