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MONDAY MATCHUP!

Looking for a drought-tolerant "Iron man?" The Wichita Osage Orange is one tough tree!

🔥 Meet: Wichita Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera ‘Wichita’) 📍 Tough as nails, surprisingly refined, and built to outlast the competition

Age: A true legacy tree, often 100+ years
Height: 30–35 ft tall with a broad, rounded canopy
Style: Rugged meets refined—glossy dark green foliage through summer, brilliant yellow fall color, and a clean, thornless, fruitless form that's made for modern landscapes.

Likes:
☀️ Full sun
🌳 Almost any soil—acidic, alkaline, wet, or dry
🏙️ Tough urban sites, windbreaks, parks, and streetscapes

Dislikes:
❌ Deep shade
❌ Overly confined planting spaces—it appreciates room to spread

Known For:
💪 Incredible drought, heat, and wind tolerance
🚫 Thornless and fruitless—none of the messy hedge apples or painful surprises 🪵 Exceptionally strong wood and outstanding storm resistance
🦌 Resistant to deer, insects, and most common diseases

💬 “I may not be flashy, but I’m one of the toughest trees you’ll ever meet. Give me heat, wind, poor soil, or drought, and I’ll still show up looking good. If you want strength, reliability, and zero drama, I’m your match.”

Wichita Osage Orange If you’re looking for the "Iron Man" of trees, you’ve found it. Historically, the Osage Orange was the go-to choice for living fences and archery bows because its wood is nearly indestructible. The 'Wichita' cultivar takes that rugged DNA and refines it for your yard. Unlike the wild species, 'W...

Looking to add some color to your landscape? Give us a call!

In this week's edition of "What's flowering now?" The Pink Chiffon Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus)

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Sticky leaves. Black mold. Ants climbing your tree. Cars covered in a mysterious sticky residue.
These are all common signs of sap-feeding tree pests like aphids, spider mites, scale insects, whiteflies, adelgids, and psyllids.

While these pests are tiny, large infestations can weaken trees, distort new growth, reduce vigor, and create nuisance problems like honeydew and sooty mold.

In our series on tree diseases and tree pests, we're talking about sap-feeders this week, including:
🌳 Which sap-feeding pests are common in the Intermountain West & PNW
🔍 How to identify them
⚠️ The warning signs to look for
🌲 Which trees are most at risk
🛠️ Practical steps to protect your landscape

Whether you're caring for a backyard tree or managing a commercial property, early identification can make all the difference.

Tree Pests: Sap feeding Pests Sap-feeding pests are among the more challenging pests to spot. Identifying and managing them is an important part of keeping your trees healthy.

Not all tree calls are about trees...

Last week, one of our arborists got a call from a teenager whose kitten had climbed a tree and couldn’t figure out how to get back down. After calling around without much luck, someone suggested calling SuperTrees.

So Aaron grabbed his climbing gear, set up the rigging, and went to work.

A little while later: one relieved kitten, one very grateful owner, and one more reason we’re glad our team knows their way around trees.

Trees are our business. Helping our communities is just part of who we are.

Big shoutout to Aaron for answering the call and making this rescue happen ❤️

Drop some love for Aaron (and the kitten) below 👇

MONDAY MATCHUP!

Meet: Norwegian Sunset® Maple (Acer truncatum × platanoides ‘Keithsform’)

Tough like a street tree, colorful like a showpiece—this maple brings the best of both worlds

Age: Often 75–100+ years with proper care
Height: 35–45 ft tall with a broad, oval canopy and strong branching structure
Style: Clean, polished, and dependable. Dark green summer foliage transforms into brilliant shades of orange, red, and burgundy in fall

Likes:
☀️ Full sun
🌳 Well-drained soils (but adaptable to a wide range of site conditions)
🏙️ Urban environments, parks, streetscapes, and larger residential landscapes

Dislikes:
❌ Constantly wet soils
❌ Extremely tight planting spaces—it likes room to spread

Known For:
🍁 Outstanding fall color that leans red-orange to burgundy
💪 Excellent heat tolerance and adaptability
🌳 Strong branch structure and uniform canopy shape
🧬 Hybrid vigor from its parentage: a cross between Shantung Maple and Norway Maple cultivars

💬 “I’m tough enough for city life but have the color for center stage. If you want reliable shade with a spectacular autumn payoff, I’m your match.”

Norwegian Sunset® Maple - Acer truncatum x platanoides 'Keithsform' The Norwegian Sunset® Maple (Acer truncatum x platanoides ‘Keithsform’) is a medium-sized, fast-growing tree that has pleasant form and tasteful fall foliage. It stands upright and uniformly ovate with a somewhat dense branching system that is capable of providing adequate shade. In the spring,...