Green Dragon Tree Care

02/13/2021

With snow coming down across the Puget Sound region I want to remind you all, friends, family, customers, that if you have broadleaf ornamentals such as rhododendrons or magnolias, or columnar ornamentals such as arborvitae pyramidalis to not let too much weight accumulate on them. Just go out and knock the snow off with a broom to prevent failures that can ruin the structure of your small trees. Be safe out there everyone, and if you need me I am just a call away.

02/13/2019

This image reinforces the well known idiom "Don't judge a book by its cover". This Douglas-fir tree with a diameter just larger than a nickel is an astounding 103 years old! In some forests, trees can grow in the understory of more dominant trees for years without ever growing to a mature height or size. It isn't until the canopy structure changes, allowing more light, that this little tree could start putting on rapid annual growth. A good reminder that while that sapling tree might make great firewood, it could easily be older than you! This image is from Robert Van Pelt's "Identifying Old Trees and Forests", a fascinating guide if you are interested in old trees and all their unique characteristics!

06/21/2018

06/20/2018

This single refinement over fixed “D”, sliding “D’s”, or fixed soft loops allowed a greater range of movement, but as importantly it opened the door for improvement on the performance and efficiency of our climbing hitch systems....

03/12/2018

12/17/2017

Kings Play Chess On Fat, Grey Stumps

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12/08/2017

Maple grains.

10/21/2017