Articles From : Tree Man Dave
September Tree of the Month: Island Oak
Island oak, the rarest oak in California, also happens to be one of the best broadleaf evergreen trees to plant in Santa Barbara, because it is such a stunning shade tree and because it is native to our area.
August Tree of the Month: Chinese Elm
For a beautiful shade tree that looks good all year long, you can’t beat the Chinese Elm.
July Tree of the Month: Brisbane Box
The Brisbane box tree can best be described as a beautiful, refined, and well-behaved Eucalyptus tree.
June Tree of the Month: King Palm
The King Palm is the patriarchal monarch of all palms because of its elegant fronds, beautiful symmetry, and tropical effect in the landscape.
May Tree of the Month: Camphor Tree
This time of year, if you see a tree from a distance that looks like billowing clouds of lime-green cotton candy, it is most likely a Camphor Tree.
April Tree of the Month: Victorian Box
The sweet perfumed air that has been wafting through Santa Barbara for the last several weeks is scented, in large part, from the “Victorian Box Tree”
March Tree of the Month: Monterey Cypress
The Monterey cypress is recognized, worldwide, as the iconic tree of the California Coast.
February Tree of the Month: Olive Tree
The image of a Mediterranean garden is not complete without a picturesque olive tree.
January Tree of the Month: California Sycamore
The California sycamore truly shines in the winter with bark that glows in the sun.
December Tree of the Month: Canary Island Pine
The Canary Island Pine, a subtropical conifer, is one of the most striking skyline trees seen in Santa Barbara.
November Tree of the Month: Deodar Cedar
The Deodar Cedar is a majestic conifer which makes a stunning focal point in the landscape, and it's our tree of the month.
October Tree of the Month: Fire-Wheel Tree
“Fire-wheel Tree” may seem like a strange name for a tree, until you see its fiery-red, circular-shaped, flower clusters (called umbels), which look like flaming bicycle wheels!
September Tree of the Month: Canary Island Date Palm
The Canary Island Date Palm is our September Tree of the Month.
August Tree of the Month: Red-Flowering Eucalyptus
When Santa Barbara decorates for Fiesta every August, the Red-flowering Eucalyptus participates by putting on a spectacular display of vibrantly colored flowers.
July Tree of the Month: Snow in Summer
What a surprise it is to see this tree in Santa Barbara in June or July, since it appears to be covered with freshly fallen snow - hence the common name, “Snow-in-Summer!”
June Tree of the Month: Mexican Fan Palm
The Mexican Fan Palm, a most iconic “skyline” tree, is also the most common palm in the beach areas of Santa Barbara.
May Tree of the Month: Sweetshade Tree
The amazingly sweet perfume that drifts from the flowers of the Sweetshade Tree - a divine combination of Plumeria and orange blossom - gives this lovely tree its name.
April Tree of the Month: Naked Coral Tree
When in flower, the Naked Coral Tree looks more like a coral on a reef in the South Pacific than a tree on land in Santa Barbara!
Tree of the Month: Saucer Magnolia
Our March tree of the Month is the colorful Saucer Magnolia.
Trees of the Month: Marina Strawberry & Hong Kong Orchid
The Marina Strawberry & Hong Kong Orchid trees are the January and February Trees of the Month.