Tree Care in Durham, CA

If you're looking at the trees in your Durham yard and feeling concerned, you're not alone. Most of the problems we see here trace back to the original landscaping choices made when these homes were built in the 1970s. Builders often planted fast-growing trees for quick shade and curb appeal, but many of those species are now mature liabilities. Your silver maples have weak wood prone to storm damage, and their aggressive surface roots can heave driveways. The beautiful but doomed Bradford pears planted back then are structurally guaranteed to split, and many are reaching that critical 15-20 year failure point right now. We also see a lot of problematic Ficus and Blue Gum Eucalyptus from that era, which are poorly suited to our local climate and soils.