Carthage, Texas
Landscaping in Carthage
Beds, shrubs, trees and borders for Carthage yards, planned around East Texas clay and summer heat and installed by the same crew from start to finish.
- Panola County, Texas
- Free written estimate within a day
- Same crew every visit, never subcontracted
Who does landscaping in Carthage, TX?
Yard Dog Landscapes, a family-owned, fully insured company based in Longview, does landscaping in Carthage and across Panola County. We've worked East Texas yards since 2017 and hold a 5.0 rating across 143 Google reviews. We design and install beds, shrubs, trees, sod, rock borders and edging, with the same crew on every visit and nothing subcontracted. Most projects run $900 to $3,600, set by size, plants and access. Request a free walkthrough in Carthage online.
Landscaping for Carthage yards
On older Carthage homes, the usual story is good bones and tired beds: overgrown foundation shrubs, edges that melted into the lawn, and plants that quit years ago. We pull what is not working, reshape the beds and replant with things that handle our heat and sand. Most projects run $900 to $3,600, and smaller refreshes start at a few hundred dollars.
Good landscaping here starts below the mulch. Most Longview yards sit on sandy loam over red clay, and plenty of them have deep pine shade in one spot and full afternoon sun in another. We walk the property, note where water runs and where the light falls, and lay out beds that fit the house and the way you use the yard. Plants get picked for that exact spot, not for whatever was on sale at the big-box store that week.
What's included
- Custom bed layout and design
- Bed prep, edging and soil amendment
- Native and adapted shrubs, perennials and seasonal color
- Tree and shrub planting
- Mulch and river rock beds with stone borders
- Flagstone stepping-stone paths
- Retaining walls and drainage where the site needs them
- Full front and back yard installs
How the job goes
Fall is the best planting window in East Texas. From September to about Thanksgiving the soil stays warm while the air cools, so trees and shrubs build roots for months before they see summer heat. Spring works for summer color once the soil warms up, but anything woody planted in April spends its first summer just trying to survive.
Walk the property
We look at sun, shade, slope and where water goes after a rain, and talk through what you want the yard to do.
Write the plan and price
You get a written, itemized estimate with plants, sizes and materials, usually within a day. If you want to see it drawn first, a Design Preview gives you renderings before anything goes in the ground.
Prep the ground
We cut the bed lines, pull weeds by the root, loosen compacted soil and work compost into heavy clay where it needs it.
Plant and finish
Trees and shrubs go in with the root flare at grade, never buried. Then the beds get mulch or rock and a clean edge.
Clean up and walk it with you
We haul off the debris, blow off the walks and drive, and go over how to water the new plants through their first season.
Examples of our landscaping work
Real jobs by our crew around East Texas. Each photo says where it was taken.
Landscaping questions in Carthage
Can you redo the beds on an older Carthage home without starting over?
Often, yes. We keep the healthy shrubs that fit their spot, pull the ones that outgrew it, reshape the bed lines and replant around what stays. A refresh like that can start at a few hundred dollars. Bigger redesigns usually land between $900 and $3,600.
How much does landscaping cost in Carthage, TX?
Most landscaping and planting projects we do run $900 to $3,600. A small bed refresh starts at a few hundred dollars, and large custom designs run more. The size of the area, the plants and materials you pick, and how easy the site is to get into set the number. We walk it for free and send a written, itemized estimate, usually within a day.
What does a landscaping project with Yard Dog include?
The whole job: layout, bed prep and edging, soil amendment, planting trees, shrubs and color, mulch or rock, and cleanup. If the plan needs sod, a wall or drainage to work, we build that too. You get a clear scope in writing before we start, and the same crew does the work from the first day to the last.
When is the best time to plant shrubs and trees in East Texas?
Fall. From September through November the soil is still warm while the air cools off, and roots keep growing through most of our mild winter. A shrub planted in early October gets months of root growth before summer. One planted in April gets about eight weeks before the first 100-degree day. Keep watering through winter, especially before a hard freeze.
More we do in Carthage
Lawn Maintenance
Carthage lawns are often a mix: St. Augustine under the trees out front, Bermuda in the open back, and on bigger lots a pasture edge that never got sodded.
Drainage & Grading
Carthage soil is the classic East Texas setup, sandy loam on top and red clay underneath, so rain soaks in fast, hits the clay and moves sideways toward the slab and the low corner of the yard.
Sod Installation
If your Carthage lawn thinned out as the trees grew in, or you are starting from bare dirt on a new build, sod is the fast fix.
Leaf Removal
Between the pines, post oaks and pecans in older Carthage yards, leaf season starts in October and does not really end until February.
Christmas Lights
Carthage sits inside our standard Christmas light range, so most homes start at $900.
Fertilization
On Carthage lots that run St. Augustine under the trees and Bermuda in the open, one bag rate across the whole yard does not work, because shaded St. Augustine needs a lighter hand while sunny Bermuda can use more.
Hedge Trimming
Older Carthage homes often have foundation hedges of holly, ligustrum or boxwood that were sheared into boxes for years and went thin at the bottom.
Tree & Shrub Care
Mature Carthage yards tend to have crepe myrtles, azaleas and big shade trees, and each one wants pruning at a different time of year.
Get a free landscaping quote in Carthage
Tell us what you need and where. We call within a day, walk the property with you and send a written, itemized estimate. No pressure and no surprise add-ons.
- Free on-site walkthrough
- Written estimate, usually within a day
- Same crew every visit, never subcontracted
- Fully insured, 5.0 on Google from 143 reviews