When it comes to creating a vibrant and eye-catching landscape design for your business, the first thing you’ll want to do is prioritize adding many different plants. A beautiful commercial landscape design incorporates trees, grasses, flowering plants, and shrubs, but many business owners end up overlooking the shrubs in favor of other more colorful plants. This can actually backfire if you’re not incredibly careful with the rest of your selection. Here’s why shrubs are so essential to a thriving landscape design.

Encourages Wildlife
Your trees may provide shade to humans, benches, and even your building, but they’re not ideal for smaller wildlife like beneficial insects and songbirds. These smaller animals prefer the protection offered by shrubs and will happily spend time amidst the branches. And the sounds of songbirds can help create a more relaxing feel for customers and employees alike anytime they’re on your property.

Helps Lower Your Energy Bills
Shrubs provide both shade and insulation against the elements. When planted close to the side of your building, the leaves and branches will shade the exterior during the summer and act as a buffer against the cold in winter. This can help you lower your energy bills throughout the year.

Creates Privacy
There are some things you just don’t want your customers to see. This can include equipment like utility boxes, air conditioning condensers, and other unsightly and large electronic components. But it can also include things like your employees’ outdoor break areas or access points for repairs. 

Strategically planted shrubs can help hide those features from view, giving you more privacy when work needs to be done and keeping unauthorized people away from those areas. 

Reduces Erosion
Shrubs have large networks of roots just like other plants. But their roots tend to grow deeper than many ornamental plants. This means their roots will be better able to hold and retain soil during adverse weather conditions, ultimately resulting in less erosion and more water retention. 

When the soil is able to stay in place and water doesn’t immediately run off after your sprinklers shut off, your other plants will be better able to thrive. You won’t have to worry about adding more soil to protect your landscaping every year and can instead enjoy an established design with growth that’s dependable and beautiful.

Provides Unique Textures
Though some shrubs aren’t something to write home about, others can provide your landscaping with unique textures, flowers, and growth. You’ll be able to choose different species that highlight the other plants if you want or opt for shrubs that can attract all the attention and draw the eye away from features you want to downplay. It all comes down to choosing the right type of shrub for your needs and your trusted commercial landscaping team can help.

Get Help Designing Your Landscaping
Shrubs are a great addition to any business’s landscape design, whether you’re working on a small plot of land or want to landscape several acres. Regardless of the size of your business, you’ll want to work with an experienced design specialist to make sure your landscaping is as impactful as it should be. Contact the team at Nationwide Landworks today and schedule a consultation.