Landscaping in Feasterville-Trevose, PA

Service Area · Bucks County

Feasterville and Trevose sit in Lower Southampton Township, close to us, densely built, and full of properties where the landscaping needs to work hard in a small space.

This is one of the more tightly developed parts of our service area. Post-war and 1960s housing on compact lots, a busy commercial spine along Street Road, and residential streets where houses sit close enough together that what you plant is very much your neighbor’s view as well as your own.

Small lots reward restraint

The most common planting mistake here is scale. A shrub that is perfect at three feet in the nursery and reaches ten in fifteen years is a problem on a lot this size in a way it is not on an acre in Newtown. Half the front yards in these neighborhoods are dominated by one plant that was never going to fit.

Choosing for mature size rather than planting size is most of the work. Dwarf and compact cultivars, plants with a genuinely known ceiling, and enough spacing that each one can reach full size without touching its neighbors. It looks sparse for two years and correct for the following twenty.

Screening, done properly

With houses close together, screening is what most people actually want. The reflex is a row of arborvitae, which grows fast, is cheap, and — this close to the wooded corridors north of here — is heavily browsed by deer, leaving you with a screen that is bare from the ground to five feet and useless for the purpose you bought it for.

Mixed screens of holly, viburnum, bayberry and ornamental grasses give privacy, look considerably better, do not fail all at once if one plant dies, and are far less attractive to deer. They are also more forgiving of the varied light you get between close-set houses.

Drainage in close quarters

With limited space between properties, roof water and surface runoff have very little room to go anywhere useful. Downspouts discharging a few feet from the foundation are the norm here and are a frequent cause of damp basements. Extending them properly is one of the cheapest effective things you can do to a house in these neighborhoods.

Common questions about Feasterville-Trevose

What is the best privacy screen for a narrow lot?

A mixed planting rather than a single row of arborvitae — holly, viburnum, bayberry and grasses. It looks better, resists deer, and does not fail all at once.

How close to the property line can I plant?

It depends on the township and on the mature width of the plant, not its size at purchase. We will work it out with you before anything goes in the ground.

How quickly can you get to Feasterville?

Very quickly. It is one of the closest parts of our service area to the yard in Langhorne.

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On a lot this size, the plant that fits in ten years matters more than the plant that looks right today. Free walk-through, and a written estimate within one business day.

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