Landscapers in Upstate South Carolina

The yard looked fine all winter, then April hit and suddenly there's a foot of ornamental grass flopped over the walkway, a crepe myrtle that's been butchered into stumps for years, and a drainage low spot that turns into a pond every time it rains. Around Greenville and Spartanburg, the clay soil is the real troublemaker. A good landscaper here has worked in it long enough to know which plants actually survive it. Before you hire, ask specifically what they do about drainage. If they look blank, keep looking.