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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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NEWSFLASH! AZRE Magazine Publishes- Caretaker Landscape Promotes Mischelle Arreca White

Click here to view the article at AZRE Magazine…. Caretaker Landscape and Tree Management is pleased to announce that Mischelle Arreca White   has been promoted to Vice President of Business Development.  Mischelle was initially hired at Caretaker to manage our business development team and  increase our brand and our market share in the commercial property marketplace.  We are now one…

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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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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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10 Perfect Plants for Hot Weather

Do you know the 10 Perfect Plants that Can Withstand our Arizona Heat? Caretaker Landscape is constantly looking for ways to help our clients not only with the properties they manage, but also the properties they reside in.  Since June is Home Ownership Month, we thought it would be fun to let you know about plants that can weather the heat.  These plants will help add some color…

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Safety First – Tree Worker Certification

Caretaker Landscape Is All About Safety First When Working in Trees Aerial Rescue Caretaker Landscape’s Tree Management team promotes Tree Worker Certification as an important element to promoting safe tree practices.  The goal is and always has been to be a leading expert in Tree Management.  As part of that mission, we are certifying our tree climbers and crew to be WCISA…

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Argentine Giant – Cactus of the Week

Common Name: Argentine Giant Botanical Name:  Trichocerus candicans Native Distribution: Argentina Hardiness:  10-15 degrees Sun: Full, afternoon shade, if available, is best Water:  Moderate water until established Growth (rate, size and form):  2’ x 3’ sprawling Foliage (e/d, color, texture):  Green, medium Green.  Yellow spines with thorns Flowers (color & season):   White, showy, Nocturnal Comments (litter, thorns, allergenic):  …

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