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Landscaping in West Hollywood
Courtyards, roof terraces and privacy planting on the tightest lots in the city.
Why West Hollywood yards behave the way they do
Light is the scarce resource, not water
A courtyard between three-storey buildings gets a few hours of direct sun and a lot of bright reflected light. Most planting failures here are a plant in the wrong light, not a plant that was underwatered. We map the light before we pick anything.
Containers are a different craft from beds
Pots dry out faster, heat up faster and run out of nutrient within a season. A terrace planting needs its own drip line, a proper mix rather than bagged topsoil, and a feeding schedule. Treated like a garden bed it looks good for one spring.
Access and noise windows shape the schedule
Narrow streets, permit parking, shared driveways and building rules about work hours all affect how a job runs here. We plan deliveries and crew size around them rather than fighting them on the day.
What actually thrives in West Hollywood
Six plants we specify here more than anywhere else in Greater LA, and the reason each one earns its place. This is a starting point, not the whole palette; the final list depends on your light, your soil and how much maintenance you want.
| Plant | Type | Water | Why it works here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatsia japonica | Shrub | Moderate | Big bold leaf that actually thrives in a dim courtyard |
| Clivia miniata | Perennial | Low | Flowers in deep shade where almost nothing else will |
| Trachelospermum jasminoides | Vine | Moderate | Turns a blank party wall into a green one with no floor space |
| Philodendron 'Xanadu' | Shrub | Moderate | Reliable, tidy and happy in bright shade |
| Olea europaea 'Little Ollie' | Container shrub | Low | Holds its shape in a large pot on a terrace for years |
| Dianella revoluta | Perennial | Low | Narrow upright form for the gaps a narrow lot leaves you |
Five things that go wrong in West Hollywood gardens
These are the problems we are called out to most often in this part of the city. Four of the five are design or irrigation faults rather than plant faults, which is why replanting on its own rarely fixes them.
Sun-loving plants bought for a shaded courtyard
Lavender, rosemary and most succulents will stretch, thin out and die slowly in four hours of light. The plant was never wrong; the position was.
Containers on the same irrigation zone as beds
Pots need water two or three times as often as the ground does. On one zone, either the pots dry out or the beds drown. They get their own valve.
Privacy planted as a hedge where a vine belongs
On a five-foot side yard a hedge takes most of the space. A wire frame and a climber gives the same screen in six inches.
Roof terrace planting without weight and waterproofing checks
Saturated soil is heavy and water finds every flaw in a membrane. We will raise it before we build, and on anything substantial we will ask for the building's approval first.
Street trees pruned by whoever was cheapest
Trees in the public right of way are regulated, and bad pruning is both a permit issue and a long-term tree problem. We check what is city property before anything is cut.
The year in a West Hollywood garden
Southern California does not have four seasons, it has a wet half and a dry half. What you do and when you do it matters more here than in almost any other climate.
- October to December
First rains and shorter days
The best planting window of the year. Soil is still warm, rain does the watering, and roots establish before next summer. Controllers come off the summer schedule, rain sensors get checked, and drains get cleared before the first real storm.
- January to March
Wet ground and dormant growth
Pruning season for deciduous material and the right time for structural work: walls, paving, drainage and grading, while planting is cheap to move. Watch for standing water, because what the ground does now is what it will do every winter.
- April to June
Growth and the first heat
Everything puts on growth at once. Feeding, mulching to lock in winter moisture, irrigation audits before the hot months, and the last comfortable window to plant anything that will need to survive August.
- July to September
Heat, wind and water bills
Maintenance rather than construction. Watering before sunrise, adjusting run times as the heat peaks, thinning trees ahead of the Santa Ana season, and keeping an eye on the plants that are telling you they are in the wrong place.
Water, trees and the rules that apply here
Water in West Hollywood comes from more than one utility, depending on the block. Watering-day limits, tiered rates and turf replacement rebates change from year to year and from provider to provider, so check the current position with yours before you set a schedule. We program the controller to whatever is actually in force on the day we hand over.
Tree removal is the other rule that catches people. Street trees in the public parkway and protected or landmark trees on private land are regulated, and the requirements differ by city. We will tell you plainly which category a tree falls into before anything is cut, and we will not remove a protected tree without the proper approval.
Hours at this location
- Monday to Friday7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Saturday8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- SundayClosed
Send plans, photos or HOA documents to in**@*************la.com and we reply within one business day.
How the West Hollywood crew works a property
The same five steps on every job, whether it is a front garden conversion or a full rebuild. The order is the part that matters.
Walk the whole property, not the problem corner
We start at the meter and work outward. Sun exposure by elevation, soil texture in three spots, where water actually goes when it rains, what the existing irrigation is really covering. Most of what a yard needs is decided here, before anything is drawn.
Soil and drainage before plant lists
A hole and a hose tell us how fast the ground drains. Clay that holds water for a day needs a different plan from decomposed granite that drains in twenty minutes. Skipping this is why replanted yards fail in their second summer.
A plan with real numbers on it
You get a written scope: plants by name and size, materials by quantity, irrigation zones, what we remove and where it goes, and the price. No allowances, no vague line items, nothing that changes once work starts unless you change it.
Irrigation first, then hardscape, then planting
Order matters. Pipe and wire go in before paving, paving goes in before plants, and plants go in before mulch. Doing it out of order is how a new patio gets cut open three weeks later.
Handover with the controller programmed
We set the irrigation schedule for the season you are actually in, show you the valves and the shutoff, and leave a written plant list with watering notes. Then we come back to adjust it when the weather turns.
Neighbourhoods the West Hollywood crew works
Coverage from this location is set by drive time rather than city boundaries. If your street is near this list and not on it, call and ask; it is usually a yes.
ZIP codes covered from West Hollywood
16 ZIP codes run from this location. Where two locations overlap, the job goes to whichever crew reaches it fastest on the day.
West Hollywood
90069, 90046, 90048
Fairfax and Miracle Mile
90036, 90019, 90035
Hollywood
90038, 90028, 90068
Hancock Park and Larchmont
90004, 90020, 90005, 90010
Beverly Hills
90210, 90211, 90212
Questions we get from West Hollywood homeowners
Fatsia, clivia, philodendron, aspidistra, ferns and star jasmine on the walls. With good light from above but little direct sun you have more options than most people expect, and lawn is not one of them.
Yes, in containers and raised planters, with a dedicated drip line. We will ask about weight limits and waterproofing before we design it, and on a shared building we will want the management company informed.
A wire or cable frame with a climber, usually star jasmine or creeping fig, gives a full screen in about six inches of depth. A hedge in the same spot would eat two feet of the path.
Yes, on a scheduled commercial maintenance plan. Shared courtyards and entry planting are a large share of the work this office does.
Often not, which is why we plan it. Tell us about permit zones and shared driveways when you book and we will size the crew and the delivery around it.
Every service available from the West Hollywood location
All fifteen run from this office with the same crews, the same rate card and the same warranty as every other location.
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