Longmont, CO lawn care service at the click of a button

Lawn care in Longmont is a labor of love. Northern Colorado lawns face unique challenges, with low humidity, limited precipitation, clay soil, and frigid winters.

LawnStarter’s experts provide reliable and affordable mowing, edging, fertilization, and more, so you can yank off your gardening gloves and go fishing at St. Vrain State Park.

Our pros will also apply targeted pest and disease control treatments and strengthening therapies to ensure your lawn survives the dry Longmont winters.

Here’s what lawn care looks like in Longmont:

Best Grass Types for Longmont

Located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Longmont’s semi-arid climate produces hot summers and dry, cold winters. Cool-season grasses thrive in the cold but you can also overseed with a warm-season variety for a green summer lawn.

Our top picks for Longmont include:

• Fine Fescue Blend: It's a low-maintenance cool-season grass that resists Northern Colorado’s droughts and is well-suited for shady areas. Use fine Fescue blends, including chewing fescue and creeping red fescue, in seed mixes to improve turf resilience.
• Tall Fescue: Another cool-season grass that’s known for its adaptability and heat tolerance, It will also survive drought conditions better than other varieties. 
• Kentucky Bluegrass: This is a popular choice for Longmont and forms a fine-textured, rich-green turf that can withstand Colorado’s varying temperatures and low humidity.
• Perennial Ryegrass: A quick-germinating cool-season variety that establishes into a fine-textured lawn. It’s often used for overseeding. 
• Buffalograss: This is a warm-season grass that’s native to the Great Plains. It has good drought tolerance, low moisture needs, and is well-adapted to Longmont’s climate.

How Often Should You Mow Your Lawn? In the spring and fall, mow your cool-season variety once every one to two weeks. In the summer, mow warm-season grasses once every two weeks.

Common Lawn Pests and Diseases in Longmont

Whether you're in Southmore Park, Golden Ponds, or Northwest Longmont, one thing you have to deal with is pests and diseases. Common nuisances include:

• Aphids: These small insects suck sap from grass blades and cause weakened and yellowing turf.
• Chinch Bugs: Similar to Aphids, chinch bugs suck the life out of your grass and leave yellow patches behind. 
• Red Thread: This fungal disease produces reddish-pink threads on grass blades, often in circular patterns. 
• Rust: Another nemesis of Longmont lawns, it’s a fungus that causes reddish-brown, rust-colored spots. 

Other Outdoor Services We Offer

We get it, a happy, healthy lawn is your goal. But the rest of your Longmont landscape deserves the same attention too. Let LawnStarter Pros transform your space with our outdoor services, including:

• Landscape Design: Trade in your boring landscape for stunning flowerbeds, patios, and pathways.
• Seasonal Clean-Up: Our crew will haul away the winter debris, clean up overgrown branches, and get your lawn ready for its spring green-up.
• Xeriscaping: Incorporate eco-friendly features and native Colorado plants to ensure your lawn thrives, even when the water supply is scarce.

Here’s to spending more time doing what you love and less time wearing those grubby garden gloves. Your stress-free lawn care is just a call, click, or download away. So get your free quotes and leave the lawn care to LawnStarter.