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Tree Trimming in Citrus Heights

Citrus Heights is in our area. Call (279) 256-3385 and a real person will answer. We find a tree pro who works nearby and set up the visit.

No long phone tag. You describe the tree, and we get things moving.

From Sylvan to Citrus Heights

Citrus Heights is a city in Sacramento County. Voters approved incorporation in 1996, and the city became the fifth city in the county in January 1997. It covers 14.22 square miles. The 2020 census counted 87,583 people.

The place was first called Sylvan. A real estate agent bought the land in 1910, cut it into 10-acre lots, and gave it the Citrus Heights name.

The name stuck. If you find an old citrus tree out back, it may go back to those days.

Fog in winter, heat in summer

Wikipedia says the area has mild winters and dry, hotter summers. Daily highs average 53 degrees in December and January and 93 in July. A year has 73 days with a high over 90.

The record is 114, set on July 17, 1925. And winter brings fog. About 96 days a year have fog, mostly in the morning, mostly in December and January.

Fog and bare trees go together. Winter pruning season is also foggy season, so ask the pro to pick a clearer morning for work up high.

Two seasons, two kinds of care

Winter. Bare branches make it easy to see dead wood, rubbing limbs and mistletoe. UC says evergreen mistletoe clumps stand out on leafless trees in winter. UC's fix is to cut the branch a foot or more below the mistletoe, since trimming only the clump won't control it.

Summer. In summer, hold off on pruning unless a limb is broken or sick, says the Sacramento Tree Foundation. Water mature trees once a month, slowly, at the drip line.

Both seasons end the same way, with a short note to the pro about what you saw. Nothing fancy. "Dead limb over the shed" is plenty to go on.

What it costs in Citrus Heights

Yard trees here are often medium size. For a tree of 20 to 30 feet, Fixr shows $150 to $450. The Sacramento-area range from Homeyou for one medium tree is $437 to $649.

Hourly rates also vary. Homeyou lists $86 to $148 an hour, and Thumbtack lists $60 to $80. Getting the mistletoe out can add time. The pro will tell you after climbing up for a look.

What a good cut looks like

You can check a pro's work from the ground. A clean cut sits just outside the branch collar, the slightly swollen ring where a limb joins a bigger one. The ISA says pruning cuts should be made just outside the branch collar.

There are no stubs left behind. Stubs die back, UC says, and decay then has an easy entry. Cuts shouldn't be flush with the trunk either.

And there's no paint. UC says wound dressings don't hasten closing or prevent decay, and the ISA says research shows the same.

Why does it matter? UC traces most wood decay to wounds from broken limbs and sloppy pruning. A neat cut gives the tree its best chance, even in a foggy December.

Next door

Neighbors we cover: Fair Oaks, Carmichael and Roseville. Month-by-month advice is on the calendar page. The Folsom page and the town list are there too.