By high July the crape myrtles along Dale City's front walks are in full color and the afternoons carry a heat that flattens everything green. SHAHEEN LAWN & LANDSCAPE works with that rather than against it — mowing tall enough for the turf to shade its own roots, trimming close where a mower cannot reach, cutting the edge back along the concrete, refreshing mulch so beds hold their water. Prince William County can go a fortnight without real rain and then take a month's worth in an hour, and grass managed for both comes through in better shape. There is a plain pride in a lawn that stays dense in August when the block's is thinning out. Cleanups in spring and leaves in fall cover the rest of the calendar.