Trees Company featured on Bay Area for Sale

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Check out our interview “Tree and Shrub Pruning 101” on Bay Area For Sale, a top site for Bay Area Realty including San Fransisco, CA Condos For Sale. Bay Area For Sale also servicesAustin, TX Homes for sale & Ventura, CA real estate.

Giant Bonsai

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The Ocean Park Motel is a classic San Francisco establishment that has been in the same family for generations.  It is a beautiful Art Deco structure on the corner of Wawona and 46th Ave in the Sunset District, just a couple of blocks from the San Francisco Zoo.  The owners have always taken extra special care for their trees.  Here are two Monterey Cypress trees that we pruned on Wawona.

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Day One Baby

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Day One Baby hired us to trim the trees outside their new store front on Sacramento Street. The trees pictured on the right are how they looked before.

And here is how they look now.

They also hired us to spruce up the tree wells. We used succulents of various textures and sizes.



Tree of the Week

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Agonis fluxuosa

Peppermint Willow

Seen below there is a typical example of an Agonis fluxuosa. They are a drought tolerant tree from Australia in the Myrtle family (Eucalyptus family). This particular tree is at 16 Seal Rock Drive, all the way out in the outer Richmond District in San Francisco. It is a ten minute walk to the Cliff House. These trees are one of the few that can withstand the conditions in this neighborhood: ocean influenced wind, sandy soil, and a lot of fog. While these trees prefer full sun, they can take the part shade created by the constant fog.

One of the characteristics of this tree is that they often develop without a strong central leader. This tree, pictured below, is the perfect example. They always need to be trained by an arborist if they are to be used as a street tree.

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As you can see we shaped this tree up so that it has a high center and strong, balanced structure. We will most likely have to come back in a year or two to make further adjustments.

Here are a picture of the flowers. They are small, but fragrant. The leaves smell like peppermint when crushed.

The Agonis fluxuosa also comes in purple.

Japanese Maples

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This tree we pruned was in a appropriate space, but it had been pruned too hard by a hacker. I could tell right away because it was all thick and bushy on top. It needed a good restoration. Natural layers open the canopy so that it isn’t so dense.

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