The City Department of Public Works and the City Arborist have developed a list of trees that are suited to the climate and conditions in Redwood City. The City has a goal of planting the largest appropriate and desirable shade tree species, balanced with preserving the maximum use of available and safe space, while minimizing conflicts with nearby utilities. The […]
CityTrees has strong partnerships with the Redwood City Public Works Department, the Redwood City Parks Department, and the Redwood City School District that facilitates relatively easy planting on their respective properties. Significantly greater planning and coordination is required for us to plant elsewhere. CityTrees has occasionally planted in unincorporated portions of San Mateo County that are near Redwood City, but […]
At CityTrees, we love fruit, we love fruit trees, and we support the City’s efforts to establish a community garden. Fruit trees, though, are generally not appropriate for the locations where we plant as their fruit can fall on the sidewalk or cars and create quite a mess!
Bay Laurel “Saratoga” species is non-invasive, and is a miniature cultivar of the California Bay Laurel. CityTrees has planted many of these specimens over the last 20 years, and they are hardy, drought tolerant, and generally good performers in our area. In addition, they are evergreen and this cultivar is only male. This means while it flowers, there is no […]