Tree Care in Silverado, CA

If you're looking at a large, mature tree on your Silverado property, you're likely looking at a decision made nearly a century ago. Many of the original plantings from the 1930s were chosen for quick growth, not long-term stability in our dry, rocky canyons. You'll see the legacy of that now in towering but problematic species like the Blue Gum Eucalyptus, with its brittle branches and fire risk, or the massive Ficus trees whose aggressive roots can damage foundations and septic systems. The challenge is that a tree can look perfectly healthy from the outside while hiding advanced decay inside. We use tools like sounding with a mallet to listen for hollow spots, because by the time external symptoms like dieback appear, the internal problem has often been growing for years.