Dallas-Fort Worth coverage
Mowing, feeding, weed control, clean-ups and landscaping projects in The Colony, booked as one appointment on one call.
The Colony, TX is one of 28 cities LawnBooked covers in Dallas-Fort Worth, with appointments available across 1 ZIP code (75056). Lawns here are mostly Bermuda and St. Augustine, with zoysia in some shaded yards, growing in heavy black clay that swells when wet and cracks when dry, in USDA zones 8a to 8b. The closest covered neighbours are Lewisville, TX, Frisco, TX, Carrollton, TX, and contractors working this area run the same routes through all of them.
The Colony is one of the smaller covered communities in Dallas-Fort Worth, served through a single ZIP code route, 75056. It lies roughly 22 miles from Dallas, the metro's coverage anchor, which is why the same contractor routes often serve both. Coverage follows contractor routes, not city limits, so a street on the edge of a listed ZIP is worth a call to confirm.
Black clay decides how almost every DFW yard behaves. This vertisol soil swells tight when spring storms soak it, then shrinks and splits into deep cracks during a dry August stretch. Roots live inside that movement, which is why a lawn can look flooded on Monday and drought stressed the following week without anything in the irrigation system changing. Consistent moisture helps more than occasional heavy soaking. Cycle and soak watering, aeration on compacted ground, and mulch over beds all work toward the same goal, keeping the clay from swinging so hard between its wet and dry extremes.
Yards in The Colony follow the Dallas-Fort Worth rhythm: chinch bugs in St. Augustine during hot, dry spells; brown patch when spring nights stay cool and wet; crabgrass and dallisgrass in thin areas. Left alone, each tends to widen: thin areas invite weeds, stressed grass invites pests, and tired soil makes both worse. The contractors who work The Colony build the visit around the dominant problem first, then set the maintenance rhythm that keeps it from returning.
Two umbrella services cover most The Colony calls. Lawn care in The Colony handles the recurring work, and landscaping in The Colony handles projects. Underneath them sit the nine individual services:
$45-$95 per visit
$55-$160 per application
$50-$145 per application
$90-$260 per lawn
$160-$520 per visit
$1,800-$12,000 per project
$180-$1,400 per plant installed
$180-$650 per job
$300-$2,500 per design
Lines are open open 9am-5pm cst, mon-sun. A short call covers the service, the yard and the timing, and ends with an appointment booked with a local contractor, not a promise to ring back.
Spring green-up and pre-emergent timing, summer watering discipline, and fall recovery define the DFW lawn year. In The Colony that calendar is not academic. Work booked in the right window costs less and lasts longer, because the grass does half the job itself when the season is on its side. Many DFW communities run twice-weekly watering schedules in summer, so deep, infrequent watering on allowed days matters more than daily sprinkles. Your contractor will set the visit timing against the Dallas-Fort Worth season rather than a national schedule, and will tell you plainly if the job you want belongs in a different month.
For a yard in full sun, Bermuda is usually the easier fit because it handles heat and drought well and recovers quickly from wear. St. Augustine can grow in sun, but it needs more water through summer and needs closer watching for chinch bugs. A lawn mowing and fertilization plan built for Bermuda will keep it dense enough to resist most weeds.
Bermuda needs six or more hours of direct sun, and it thins steadily when a growing canopy cuts that light year after year. Raising the canopy can help for a while, but deep shade areas often do better converted to mulching and shade tolerant beds. An outdoor design visit can redraw the bed lines so turf remains only where sun supports it.
During fast spring and early summer growth, lawn mowing about once a week is typical for Bermuda and St. Augustine in DFW. The guide is the one third rule, which means never removing more than one third of the blade in one cut. Letting spring growth get tall and then scalping it stresses the turf and opens space for crabgrass.
A common planning target is about 1 inch of water per week including rainfall, split across your allowed watering days. On black clay, cycle and soak watering in shorter repeated cycles soaks in better than one long run that ponds and runs off. Watering early in the morning reduces evaporation loss and helps the lawn dry during the day.
Houston Black and related vertisol clays absorb water fast through cracks when dry, then swell shut and absorb very slowly once wet. That is why a long single cycle sheets off to the sidewalk. Shorter cycles with rest periods, plus aeration on compacted areas, help water enter the root zone instead of leaving the yard.
Appointments are available in these The Colony ZIP codes: 75056. If your ZIP is a neighbouring variation, call anyway: routes shift as contractors add streets, and the call will confirm coverage honestly either way.
| Service | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Lawn Mowing | $45-$95 per visit |
| Lawn Fertilization | $55-$160 per application |
| Weed Control | $50-$145 per application |
| Lawn Aeration | $90-$260 per lawn |
| Seasonal Clean-ups | $160-$520 per visit |
| Hardscaping | $1,800-$12,000 per project |
| Tree and Shrub Installation | $180-$1,400 per plant installed |
| Mulching | $180-$650 per job |
| Outdoor Design | $300-$2,500 per design |
Ranges are typical for residential work in our covered metros. Your contractor confirms the range for your exact job on the call, before you commit to anything.
Call (866) 555-0134 during opening hours, 9am-5pm CST Mon-Sun. You will talk through the work with a real person and finish the call with a visit scheduled.