Plant & Ornamental Pruning in Fortuna, CA

Fortuna sits where the Eel River Valley meets the timber, and its trees show both sides: river-bottom cottonwoods and willows along the Eel, big firs and redwoods climbing the hills behind town, and mature yard trees through the older neighborhoods around Rohner Park and Main Street.

How plant & ornamental pruning goes in Fortuna

Ornamentals in Fortuna get pruned lightly and rarely: dead wood, crossing branches, a little thinning to show the structure. Hedges get sheared in spring and late summer. Fruit trees follow the calendar, apples and pears in the dormant season, stone fruit after harvest, and we clean tools between trees so nothing travels from one to the next.

The Eel River Valley funnels winter storms straight at Fortuna, and once the rain softens the valley soil, a compromised tree gets more dangerous by the week. Fortuna's storm failures are cottonwoods and willows along the river shedding big limbs, and old walnuts and fruit trees splitting at a low fork under their own weight. Our Fortuna crew covers the whole Eel River Valley, so Fortuna jobs are local, not a drive down from the bay.

When Fortuna homeowners call for plant & ornamental pruning

• An apple, plum, or walnut that has not been pruned in years and fruits small and high.
• Hedges along the property line near Rohner Park that have become walls.
• Fruit rotting on the branch or scab on the leaves, which crowded canopies in Fortuna's damp invite.
• An old walnut or a big fruit tree with a low fork that needs an arborist, not a ladder.

Fortuna's older neighborhoods have mature yard trees on standard lots, while the edges of town run to river-bottom parcels and hillside acreage where a long driveway is normal. River-valley soil is soft from November to spring, so stump grinding and heavy equipment go better in late summer and early fall when the surface is firm.

Working in Fortuna

Valley wind storms have a way of finding the one weak tree on the block. We do a steady business in Fortuna taking down dying firs before the wet season, clearing storm damage after it, trimming walnut and fruit trees in the older yards, and grinding out the stumps that have been sitting in lawns for years.

Around Fortuna that means Rohner Park, Main Street, Rohnerville Road, the Eel River bottoms, and the properties between. Eel River Valley wind, winter-softened soils, and mature yard trees in the older neighborhoods.