Plant watering in St. Clair Shores, MI and across Metro Detroit: Somebody has to water. It can be us.

Yes. HD Landscape waters fresh installs and keeps yards going through vacations and busy summers in St. Clair Shores, its home base, and across Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties. The city limits irrigation on city water to odd or even dates from May 15 to October 1, with an exception for new plantings in their first 21 days, so a schedule in St. Clair Shores has to fit whatever the city's current rule says.

Yes. Give us your dates and tell us what needs water, and we will keep it going while you are away. Vacation watering is part of the plant watering service we offer around Metro Detroit, along with watering for fresh installs and everyday life.

MSU Extension's guidance is a good watering right after planting, then once a week for the first two months, then about every two weeks for the rest of the summer unless it turns hot and dry. That schedule was written for spring planting, so a summer install can need more.

A typical rule of thumb from MSU Extension is at least one inch of water a week, and in extremely hot weather that demand can approach two inches. What matters most is that it soaks in. If water starts running off, stop, let it soak, then go back.

MSU Extension calls the first two years after planting critical to the long term survival of most trees and shrubs, and the first year matters most. New sod is quicker: it needs steady water until it roots and you cannot lift a corner.

Yes. Roots need oxygen, and soil that stays soaked gets in the way of it and raises the risk of root rot. Clay soil, common in this part of Michigan, drains slowly, so check the soil before watering. A wilting plant in wet soil needs less water, not more.

Yes, if the fall is dry. MSU Extension says a dry autumn can leave evergreens short of stored moisture going into winter, and once the ground freezes the roots cannot take up more. Water when rain falls short of an inch a week, and let the soil dry partway between waterings.

Yes. New sod has to stay moist all the way through until it roots, which usually means watering every day early on. We can handle that so a new lawn does not depend on your schedule. See sod installation for how the job runs.

Usually, yes. Vacations and everyday watering are part of the service, not only fresh installs. Tell us what you have and what it needs, and Jake can say whether it is a fit.

No. That is the point. We just need to be able to reach the plants and get water to them. If there is a locked gate or a dog involved, tell us ahead of time.

No. We do not install or repair sprinkler systems. If you have a system and it misses a new bed, a sprinkler company can look at the system, and we can water what it does not reach.

A two week vacation and a full season of new sod are very different jobs. The number comes from how many plants need water, how spread out they are, how often and for how long. Tell Jake what you need and he will put it on a free, itemized estimate.