Articles From : Tree Man Dave
December Tree of the Month: Monterey Pine
The Monterey Pine makes a dramatic impact in the landscape – a tall evergreen conifer bearing lustrous deep green needles
November Tree of the Month: Weeping Fig
While known primarily as an elegant indoor foliage plant, in our Mediterranean climate the Weeping Fig matures into a stately, medium-sized, broadleaf evergreen landscape tree.
October Tree of the Month: Shoestring Acacia
The Shoestring Acacia earned its unusual name from its distinctively long and thin leaves that hang from its gracefully arched branches.
September Tree of the Month: Paperbark Tree
It is hard to believe that the Paperbark Tree, one of the most drought tolerant trees grown locally, is native to a habitat of brackish swamps, wetlands, and sloughs.
August Tree of the Month: Mayten Tree
The Mayten Tree is a perfect solution to the search to find a small- to medium-sized tree that does well in our area and that also carries the grace and beauty of a Weeping Willow.
July Tree of the Month: Dragon Tree
The Dragon Tree is unlike any other tree that you might see - strikingly exotic and otherworldly in appearance.
June Tree of the Month: Guadalupe Palm
The Guadalupe Palm is an ideal palm for our area, for many reasons. Its luxurious, light green, foliage provides beauty all year long.
May Tree of the Month: Jacaranda
Last winter’s late rains and warmer-than-usual temperatures have resulted in the most magnificent display of Jacaranda seen in Santa Barbara for many years - and the fabulous display of vivid, lavender-blue, blooms has occurred much earlier this spring.
April Tree of the Month: Western Redbud
The Western Redbud is a California native tree with a big wow factor. For several weeks in the spring, it produces a dazzling display of magenta-pink flowers that immediately catches the eye.
March Tree of the Month: Eastern Redbud
Nothing says, “Spring is here!”, like a deciduous tree coming into full bloom.
February Tree of the Month: Evergreen Pear
The Evergreen Pear creates a remarkable display of blossoms in mid-winter, when many other trees are dormant and quite bare.
January Tree of the Month: Winter-Blooming Acacia Trees
In January and February in Santa Barbara, the first trees to present amazing canopies of color are the Acacias.
December Tree of the Month: Torrey Pine
The Torrey Pine is thought to be the rarest pine species in North America.
November Tree of the Month: Windmill Palm
The Windmill Palm has found our mild Mediterranean climate to be a comfortable place in which to live and thrive.
October Tree of the Month: Australian Flame Tree
The Australian Flame Tree has one of the most dazzling floral displays. In fact, the word “flame” in the name refers to its canopy of scarlet flowers - the tree looks on fire!
September Tree of the Month: Nile Tulip Tree
The Nile Tulip Tree explodes with a dazzling display of yellow flowers from July through September.
August Tree of the Month: Bunya Bunya
The beautiful and awe-inspiring Bunya-Bunya tree is easy to spot around town, because of its massive size and its rounded skyline silhouette.
July Tree of the Month: Mexican Palo Verde
The Mexican Palo Verde could well be the best tree for our future, given the increasingly hotter and drier climate that is predicted for Santa Barbara.
June Tree of the Month: Peppermint Tree
With its arched and weeping branches, the Peppermint Tree has the graceful elegance of a weeping willow.
May Tree of the Month: Blue Hesper Palm
As if the Blue Hesper Palm’s stunning bluish-gray fronds weren’t enough to make this palm stand out in any landscape, its long arching inflorescences are so incredible that they force you to stop and gaze in amazement.