The City of Santa Barbara’s Urban Forestry staff will remove five Italian stone pines on East Anapamu Street after a comprehensive assessment identified the aging trees as a threat to public safety.

If you have a pine tree or shrub (Mugho) and you are interested in pruning it, now is the time. However, before you prune, you should determine if it needs pruning. For the most part, pine trees in ...

Answer: Yes! Swiss Stone Pine (Pinus cembra) is an excellent landscape evergreen! It is a lovely, slow-growing European pine tree with a dense, compact, and pyramidal habit of growth. It keeps its ...

The city of Carpinteria is considering what to do about its struggling yet beloved Italian stone pines, a non-native species of tree that adorns several streets. A recent report shows two of the 28 ...

The Italian stone pines that canopy the last three blocks of South H Street in Lompoc have reached a stage of maturity in which their well-being requires special attention, and they are getting it now ...

If you are inclined to prune your pine trees, now is the perfect time to do so. Most people don’t prune mature pine trees, but many prune mugho pines, which are more of a shrub. Pruning these keeps ...

* What it is: A lot of needled evergreens tend to grow fast and soon overpower the allotted space while “baring out” at the bottom. Swiss stone pine is one of the slower-growing evergreens, staying in ...