Tree Landscaping

Small Landscaping Trees

Small Landscaping Trees

Landscaping or redesigning your yard with trees can be an adventure when looking for small trees.  Smaller type trees can add so much to your home, in fact, they can add value to your home when and if you decide to sell your home.

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Caring for Ash Trees

Caring for Ash Trees – Southwest USA

The Modesto, and Bonita Ash trees are very similar in size and look.  However, from my own observation, the leaves on the Bonita ash are larger making it a slightly better shade tree.

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Redbud Trees Southwest Landscaping

Types of Redbud Trees Southwest Landscaping

Redbud trees are excellent trees for small to medium-sized backyards.  They are considered patio trees, but you can plant them where you want or need smaller trees for almost any reason.

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How to care for Cherry Tree

How to care for a Cherry Tree

How to care for a Cherry Tree.  Ahh… Cherry trees most fruit tree enthusiasts have a hard time growing these trees.  It does require a lot of thought and planning before going to your local nursery and purchasing the tree of your choice.  Cherry trees are Prunus “Cerasus” The Genus and Subgenus. How many chilling […]

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Stump removal

Easy Tree Stump Removal

Easy Tree Stump Removal.  Let us face it tree stumps are hard to remove and expensive  You could rent a stump grinder or hire a maintenance landscaper to do this job for you.  But again it can be somewhat expensive.  But it can be done as a DIY job. A stump grinder or Cutter   […]

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The Palo Verde Tree

The Palo Verde tree (Cercidium-Parkinsonia) is also known as the Desert Museum Palo Verde. It is an exceptional tree for the Southwest.  It is a Hybrid of the common Palo Verde tree that is native to the Sonoran and Southwest desert. Palo Verde Means Green Stick in Spanish.  Flowering Palo Verde It produces a mass […]

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Desert Willow Tree

Desert Willow Tree (Chilopsis linearis) is a low-watering and spring-blooming tree. It does well in the In dry arid areas of the Southwest.  The leaf is long, narrow and curved thus its botanical name Linearis.

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Identify trees by leaves

Identify trees by leaves

Identify trees by leaves – You can click on each image for a larger view. The majority of the images come from in and around the Southwest New Mexico area.  Others are from bigstock.com images. Learn more about the Texas Red Oak Information. The Chinese Pistache tree is in my opinion the best ornamental/shade tree […]

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Chinese Pistache Tree

Chinese Pistache Trees Southwest

The Chinese Pistache tree (non-bearing) is Probably one of the hardiest trees to plant in and around the Southwest. It is a small to medium-sized ornamental tree and of course, it is native to China.

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Texas Red Oak Information

Texas Red Oak Tree Information

Texas Red Oak Tree Information (Quercus buckleyi). A handsome large tree for the southwest and other parts of the west.  I love this tree for its hardiness and overall looks.  Many folks do not realize Red Oak trees will do well around the American Southwest. Most folks think the extreme heat during mid-summer will make […]

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