Mistletoe Archive

  • I was looking at my Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) today and noticed some desert mistletoe(Phoradendron californicum) seeds sitting on some of the horizontal branches and in forks. I immediately started rubbing them […]

    Mistletoe Seeds Sprouting!

    I was looking at my Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) today and noticed some desert mistletoe(Phoradendron californicum) seeds sitting on some of the horizontal branches and in forks. I immediately started rubbing them […]

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  • We’ve just finished a week of working in north Scottsdale for a Homeowners Association trimming and cleaning mistletoe from trees. Our first time through the property last May was described in […]

    Scottsdale Observations

    We’ve just finished a week of working in north Scottsdale for a Homeowners Association trimming and cleaning mistletoe from trees. Our first time through the property last May was described in […]

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  • We were pruning an Arizona Ash (Fraxinus velutina) the other day to remove mistletoe. One of my workers came over to me with a piece of the normal “Christmas” mistletoe […]

    Mistletoe, on Mistletoe!?

    We were pruning an Arizona Ash (Fraxinus velutina) the other day to remove mistletoe. One of my workers came over to me with a piece of the normal “Christmas” mistletoe […]

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  • That’s how we all felt after working 40 hours doing mistletoe control for a Homeowners Association in Scottsdale this week. It was hot, and the footing was treacherous in spots. […]

    All in a week’s work…

    That’s how we all felt after working 40 hours doing mistletoe control for a Homeowners Association in Scottsdale this week. It was hot, and the footing was treacherous in spots. […]

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  • We’re going to be working all week in Scottsdale for a homeowners association doing mistletoe control. One of the board members found my previous post on mistletoe and started asking […]

    A Nice Clump of Mistletoe!

    We’re going to be working all week in Scottsdale for a homeowners association doing mistletoe control. One of the board members found my previous post on mistletoe and started asking […]

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  • We’ve been tied up with a big Mulberry trimming job for three days (plus a rain day in the middle of the week). It is finally finished, and we can […]

    Mistletoe

    We’ve been tied up with a big Mulberry trimming job for three days (plus a rain day in the middle of the week). It is finally finished, and we can […]

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