Collinsville, Illinois · about 20 minutes from the nursery
Collinsville landscaping for yards with a few decades on them.
Collinsville’s older neighborhoods come with mature yards, and mature yards come with jobs: an original shade tree that finally gave out, foundation beds that went woody sometime in the nineties. Sugarloaf grows the replacements about 20 minutes up Route 159.
Landscaping in Collinsville
Who does residential landscaping in Collinsville, IL?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery handles residential landscaping for Collinsville, Illinois from its 40-acre nursery in Edwardsville, about 20 minutes north on Route 159. The family has grown its own trees and perennials there since 1981, so the plants that go into a Collinsville yard were raised in Metro East soil. Call (618) 692-0113 to talk through your yard.
Collinsville’s housing stock runs older than the new subdivisions going in around the edges of the Metro East, and that changes what a yard needs. Most Collinsville yards already have their trees. The work starts when one of them gives out, or when the yews out front have been sheared into tired green boxes one season too many.
That kind of work is most of what we do in Collinsville: replacement trees and bed renovations, grown and built by the same family since 1981. And we will admit a soft spot for a town that takes growing things seriously. The horseradish capital of the world knows good soil when it sees it.
Replacement trees
What should you do when a mature tree dies in a Collinsville yard?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows shade, ornamental, and evergreen replacement trees on 40 acres in Edwardsville, about 20 minutes from Collinsville. When an original maple or oak gives out in an older yard, you can walk the growing fields, compare field-grown trees side by side, and point to the one that takes its place.
Losing a big tree changes a yard more than any other single thing: the afternoon shade moves, the grass changes, the house sits differently on the lot. The good news is that the replacement does not have to start as a twig. Our fields carry shade, ornamental, and evergreen trees at real sizes, already rooted in the same Metro East clay your yard is made of.
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“Have purchased a number of trees here in the past and they all are growing strong.”Linda S. · 5★ · Google
If the tree came down this year, fall is your friend. Collinsville sits in USDA zone 6b/7a, and University of Illinois Extension puts the strongest tree-planting window at early September to mid-October, when warm soil grows new roots while cooler air rests the top of the tree. Spring runs a close second. Call in late summer and ask what is coming out of the fields.
Bed renovations
What does a foundation bed rebuild actually involve?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery rebuilds tired foundation beds for Collinsville homeowners. The build crew pulls the woody yews and overgrown junipers planted decades ago, reworks the soil, and replants with shrubs and perennials grown on the nursery’s own 40 acres, so the design and the plants come from one family operation.
- Pull the overgrown yews, junipers, and burning bush the usual suspects in beds planted around the nineties
- Rework the bed lines and soil so the new planting starts clean
- Replant with shrubs and perennials from our own fields including hostas for the shady north side of the house
- Set a new tree if the yard lost one grown in the same fields, chosen in person
The landscape build crew handles the digging and the planting, and the perennials come off the same 40 acres, 150,000-plus plants strong. If you would rather see a plan on paper first, our design side can start there. Ask about delivery and planting when you call.
Collinsville questions
What Collinsville homeowners ask before they call.
Straight answers, the same ones you would get on the phone.
Does Sugarloaf replace dead or overgrown trees in Collinsville?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows replacement trees on 40 acres in Edwardsville and plants them in Collinsville yards, about 20 minutes away. Once the old tree and stump are out, the landscape build crew can set the new one. Many homeowners simply pick a field-grown maple, oak, or evergreen in person and ask about delivery and planting when they call (618) 692-0113.
Can you redo the landscaping in front of an older house?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery rebuilds foundation beds and front yards on older Collinsville homes as a regular part of its landscape build work. A typical rebuild pulls the overgrown shrubs, reworks the bed lines and soil, and replants with trees, shrubs, and perennials grown on the nursery’s 40 acres in Edwardsville. Call (618) 692-0113 and describe what is out front.
Where do Collinsville gardeners buy perennials?
Sugarloaf Landscape and Nursery grows perennials, including a deep bench of hostas, on 40 acres in Edwardsville, about 20 minutes north of Collinsville. The plants are raised on the same property where they are sold, so you can walk the rows and see how they grow. Hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays by appointment, Sundays closed. Call (618) 692-0113 before you drive up and we will tell you what is in stock.
Tell us what your Collinsville yard needs.
A dead tree to replace, beds that have gone woody, or a front yard due for a rethink: call and we will talk it through. Weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. · Saturdays by appointment · Sundays closed. Also serving Maryville and O’Fallon.