Best Trees and Shrubs for Adding Color to your Landscape Red Maple These heat-tolerant beauties won’t give you grief in summer, but will absolutely stun bright with fall color come autumn! They’re low-maintenance, and highly suitable for our Sacramento environment. The October Glory and Autumn Blaze are our favorites – when late October comes, the [...]
Cork Oak Quick Facts Cork Oaks do wonderfully well in California heat, especially in Sacramento’s mediterranean climate! These can be a great pick for a shade tree investment, and will last for years to come! The outermost layer of the bark is visually [...]
Common Hackberry Quick Facts Hackberry trees are the standard for tree practicality, and they’re wildly underused. They’re strong, low maintenance, and hardy to a wide array of climates and seasonal stressors. Watering We typically favor the smaller [...]
Deodar Cedar Quick Facts We lovingly refer to these trees as the ‘Dr Seuss’ trees, for their whimsical and magical flair. Their unique and drooping shape gives a cartoon-like fun and eye-catching addition to gardens and landscapes. Watering [...]
ISA Certified Arborist #WE-12306A How did you first find the tree care industry? You may notice from the last name, but I grew up around the arboriculture industry! I remember driving around with my dad on Saturday mornings checking on his tree crews, and the passion for the industry just stuck with me. What [...]
Silver Maple Quick Facts Though fast-growing and decent for shade, Silver Maple trees usually end up being more of a nuisance to homeowners than a shady perk. With heavy, brittle branches and aggressive roots, we sometimes have to consider removing these [...]
Red Maple Quick Facts These heat-tolerant beauties won’t give you grief in summer, but will absolutely stun bright with fall color come autumn! They’re low-maintenance, and highly suitable for our Sacramento environment. The October Glory and Autumn Blaze are our favorites [...]
Thousands of Californians are taking up no-lawn landscapes! With increasing heat and stubborn drought conditions, our acres of lush green lawns are becoming a thing of the past - and as Arborists… we’re loving it! Our collective allegiance to lawns as Californians adds very little to our ecosystem, and contributes to a phenomenon called ‘monoculture’, [...]
Atlas Cedar Quick Facts Commonly a unique blue-gray and a majestic, long-living tree, the Atlas Cedar can be a unique shade tree in the right sunny spot. Watering The biggest obstacle you'll come across with maintaining a thriving [...]
ISA Certified Arborist #MA-0268 How did you first find the tree care industry? It was a summer job while I was in college! My friend had his own tree company, and I worked for him during the summer while I was at The University of Maryland. What was it that inspired you to stay? [...]
