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Mike’s Plant of the Week – Agave parryi, or ‘Parry’s Agave’

My name is Mike Eden. I’m the Business Development Coordinator here at CARETAKER LANDSCAPE AND TREE MANAGEMENT. Every week I send out a new ‘Plant of the Week’ to our team and partners to help educate us on the plants we care for in our fields of work. Please tune in for this amazing opportunity to become more familiar with the…

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Tree Division – No Job Too Big

This weekend the Tree Division of Caretaker Landscape & Tree Management was hard at work at the San Marcos Golf Course removing a monster of a tree. It was a Tamarix / Salt Cedar tree that was approximately 23 tons that failed due to rot in the trunk and a combination of high winds. The trunk DBH was about 7’.…

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Caretaker Landscape and Tree Management named in LM 150 List

We are proud to announce that Caretaker Landscape and Tree Management made Landscape Management’s 150 List. Click on the link below to see the full issue. June 2014   pages JD27-JD28 Table of Contents

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Winter Pruning Tips

Fall/Winter Tree Pruning Tips In October • You can safely prune most trees; however: • Ensure temperatures don’t drop below freezing. • Be careful not to prune frost -sensitive trees too heavily. • Desert Trees have large growth in spring/summer: trim trees in October so that they will “hold their prune” longer through the winter months. In November • Frost…

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Plant of the Week- Chaste or Pepper Tree – Vitex Angnus

Long, narrow spikes of purple flowers cover this plant in the summer months. Although the flower color can range from white to dark purple, most trees have been selected for the darker flower color. To be sure, try to select this plant when it is blooming. These fragrant flowers attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. After blooming, narrow spikes of round,…

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Sowing Seeds of Success – Caretaker Landscape Celebrates 25 Years

Many small businesses start the same way — usually with a forward-thinking entrepreneurial person or group passionate about the opportunity to make a living doing something they love. Caretaker Landscape is no different. Twenty-five years ago, Susan Stephenson Harris, a retired banker from Oklahoma, moved to Arizona to relax and play golf. Six months later, in 1988, she started Caretaker…

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Grand Opening – Welcome David Weekley Homes to Acacia Estates

Grand Opening – Welcome  David Weekley Homes to Acacia Estates Acacia Estates Community Entrance David Weekley Homes is known for having great people and innovative design with a variety of customer options. The partnership in the grand opening between the Acacia Estates development team, David Weekley Homes and Caretaker Landscape centered on a true partnership where the great team enhanced…

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Pre-Monsoon Pruning

Pre-Monsoon Pruning Did you know Caretaker Landscape has 4 ISA Certified Arborists? Proper tree pruning practices are important when attempting to limit storm and wind damage.  During monsoon rains, the wet ground makes trees more susceptible to failure due to what we call the “sail effect”.  The sail effect happens when trees have been primarily lifted – meaning the tree…

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Caretaker at The Forefront of Landscape Construction and Development at Sienna Hills- AZRE Magazine

Check out this article published by AZRE Magazine.   With more than 1,000 new homes coming to Buckeye, Caretaker Landscape is poised to transform one of those new communities, Sienna Hills. Sienna Hills is nestled along the base of the White Tank Mountains. Located in Buckeye at McDowell Road and Verrado, this landscape of rocky ridgelines, russet earth, majestic saguaros and…

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Chilean Mesquite & Their Pods

Have you noticed all the Chilean Mesquite pods dropping? History – Native Mesquite trees dot southwest Arizona’s desert landscape, but the Chilean Mesquite is an interloper that has edged its way into drought-resistant gardens.  The Chilean Mesquite, Prosopis chilensis, is originally from Chile, hence its name, and it’s a relative of the pea family.  The thornless tree produces an edible…

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