Smart landscaping can be enjoyable for your family, increase the value of your Jacksonville, Florida, home, and help you save energy. Follow these three simple smart landscaping tips to improve your home’s resale value and lower energy costs.
Maximize Your Shade
More shade keeps your home cooler, reduces energy use, and makes spending time outside more pleasant. Planting trees near the west and northwest sides of your home helps block the afternoon sun and eliminates hot spots near windows. Trees also look attractive near porches, patios, and your outdoor heating & air conditioning unit.
Smaller trees grow quickly, and many varieties have beautiful flowers in spring and summer. Shrubs planted near your home help prevent the hot sun from heating your walls in summer and provide extra insulation in winter.
Hide Your Outdoor HVAC Unit
Many outdoor air conditioners & heat pumps are large and unattractive. Fortunately, you can conceal your unit by building a small fence around it, planting shrubs, or adding a trellis with attractive vines. An awning or a small roof above your unit will also protect it from debris such as grass clippings, leaves, and twigs. Just make sure your system has one or two feet of clearance on all sides for good airflow.
Choose Plants That Are Easy to Care For
Perennials are best because they grow back every year, while annual plants die after one year. Crepe myrtle trees grow quickly and produce beautiful flowers in a variety of colors. Ground covers like clover also have lovely flowers and do not require fertilizer. Best of all, you won’t need to mow them.
Ed's Comfort Solutions has many decades of heating & cooling experience. We can help you install, maintain, and repair a variety of HVAC equipment. Call us anytime at (904) 849-2656 for excellent service.
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