Tree Care in Carefree, AZ

Your Carefree property sits in one of Arizona's toughest climates for trees: 103-degree summers, 12.6 inches of rain a year, and 76 storm events annually. Most people don't realize that monsoons hit your trees from the side, not vertically, so lateral branch failure is more common than you'd expect. Your native Palo Verdes and Desert Ironwoods can handle the heat, but the Eucalyptus, Mulberry, and Ficus nitida planted in the 1980s are entering failure zones now. At 38 years old, your trees are at a critical point. They've been stressed by deep droughts and weakened by heat, which makes them vulnerable to the Palo Verde Root Borer and bark beetle complex moving through the valley. The good news is that 38-year-old trees are mature enough to prune properly now, which most of them need. The bad news is many homeowners haven't budgeted for it.