Tree Care in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

If you're a homeowner in Rancho Santa Margarita, your trees are likely about 34 years old, planted when the community was built. That means your Coast Live Oaks and California Sycamores are entering a critical maturity phase. In our warm, dry climate with only 12.7 inches of annual rain, proper watering is the single most important thing you can do. The lawn sprinkler system that runs 15 minutes every day is the worst thing for your trees. It encourages shallow roots because the water never penetrates past the top few inches. Trees here need deep, infrequent watering to survive our very high drought risk and develop the strong, deep root systems they need to stand up to our occasional wind events.