Landscaping in Commerce answers to two masters: open sun and turnover season. Hunt County has little of the pine shade that protects plantings farther east, so designs that ignore exposure fail in their first summer, and with a rental market anchored by the university, a landscape has to look good at move-in week and survive tenants the rest of the year. The local failure mode is the campus-area rental with foundation shrubs planted once, never maintained, and dead by the second summer; or the new-build yard handed over as dirt with one ornamental tree that will not shade anything for a decade. Good design here is heat-tough, low-maintenance, and built to hold curb appeal without daily attention.

Mora Property Service designs and installs landscapes across Commerce and Hunt County. Call 903-279-1868 to start with a plan.

Design for open sun and rental reality

We start with how the property lives: where sun hits, where water goes, who maintains it, and what it needs to say to tenants, buyers, or guests. The plan places shade trees first, because they take longest to pay off: a well-sited oak or pecan shades the house and yard for decades. Around them go layered beds with species chosen for heat tolerance, blackland soil, and low maintenance, so the landscape looks intentional in year one and established in year five, with minimal watering or pruning along the way.

Planting and installation

Installation is where designs succeed or quietly die, and Commerce’s clay ground decides fast. We amend planting soil so roots establish in heavy ground, set trees and shrubs at correct depth, and build beds with proper edges and mulch that hold moisture and definition. Irrigation is planned at install so new plantings get watered in cycles the soil can absorb.

Shade trees and windbreaks

In open country, trees do double duty: shade in summer, wind protection year-round. We plant and establish shade and windbreak trees for Commerce homes, acreage, and rental properties, selecting species that handle local wind, ice, and soil without constant intervention.

Commercial and portfolio landscaping

For student housing, rental portfolios, and commercial properties, landscaping is a leasing and presentation tool. We design and refresh entries, foundation beds, and frontages that look sharp year-round and survive on a commercial maintenance budget, and coordinate installs with grounds contracts so new plantings join a care schedule from day one.

Refresh and renovation planting

Not every property needs a clean sheet. Overgrown beds, tired shrubs, and missing trees can be reworked: keep the structure, replace what is failing, add what the property lacks. It is the fastest way to make an older yard or a tired rental look current again.