Blue River Forestry & Tree Care
Boulder Colorado Arborist
What’s Wrong With My Tree? Kermes Scale and Drippy Blight
There’s no denying that big, stately oak trees add character and beauty to any landscape. Unfortunately, an old pest has presented a new threat to red and pin oak trees in the Front Range. Kermes scale, a familiar parasitic insect that feeds on sap from the vascular tissues of oak trees, has recently been associated […]
Read MoreWinter Watering and Tree Care
Winter is definitely upon us here in the Front Range. Trees have dropped their leaves, we’ve had our first couple of snow falls, and night comes cold and early. It’s important to remember, however, that just because the trees have gone dormant, they’re still alive and require water to maintain biological processes. In Colorado, it’s […]
Read MoreWhat’s Wrong With My Tree- Magnesium Chloride Toxicity
Winter in Boulder, Colorado is a hard time to be a tree. An often overlooked cause of stress for trees in urban and suburban environments is magnesium chloride toxicity. In the Boulder area, magnesium chloride slurries are often used to deice roadways and sidewalks during inclement weather; unfortunately, a lot of that slurry ends up […]
Read MoreTree Trimming in Central Park, Boulder, CO
There is always an obstacle or two to tackle on the job-site when it comes to tree care, and trimming trees in downtown Boulder’s Central Park came with a few. For those of you that know the highly populated area of Canyon and Broadway, this job entailed high traffic control and expert pruning by our […]
Read MoreFor the Love of Trees
I have never met a group of people who love their jobs more than arborists do. If you ask anyone on our staff what their dream job is, they will say their doing it. Tree care is not just a job though, it’s a passion. A passion that is rewarded in the beauty of nature, […]
Read MoreEmergency Tree Service & Removal in Boulder County
April is quickly approaching and as you look around you can see the freshness of Spring starting to arise. Green baby buds are starting to form, little bugs are beginning to grace us with their presence and if you live in Colorado, the strong fierce Spring winds have begun. 80 mph winds were topping the […]
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