Strollers along Caledonia Street can enjoy leafy green shade from beautiful trees including sycamores, water gums, and callary pears. Sausalito Beautiful has been implementing a multi-phase plan for improving the health of the existing trees, while adding more trees to this central shopping and residential street.
Planting of additional Trees
In February of 2020, eight new trees were planted at the north end of the street, which Sausalito Beautiful has been advocating for several years. In mid-2019, the City budgeted money for the tree installation, while Sausalito Beautiful had already set aside money to pay for the trees themselves. All eight trees are Tristaniopsis lorena, or Water Gum Trees, which join 26 other Water Gums on the street.
Several years ago, at the south end of the street, our partnership with the City of Sausalito resulted in the replacement several unhealthy cherry trees with Metrosideros on Caledonia and flowering plum trees on Johnson Street. We plan to plant even more trees on Caledonia in the coming years.
Did you know that Caledonia Street is lined with 55 trees of five different species?
- 34 Water Gum
- 8 Carob
- 8 Sycamore
- 3 Callery Pear
- 3 Metrosideros
Sausalito Beautiful has planted several of them.
Species Planted
Water Gum Trees (Tristaniopsis lorina): With beautiful year-round foliage, its fragrant yellow flowers appear in late spring or early summer. Tolerant of both dry and wet conditions, grows in almost any type of soil, tolerates pollution and is essentially insect- and disease-free. A great tree to plant both in home gardens and on streets. Typically reaches 15 to 20 foot tall and wide.
Metrosideros excelsa: Admired for it’s evergreen foliage and striking flowers, this wide-spreading tree blooms in late spring or early summer. Tolerant of drought, wind, and salt spray it grows up to 30-35 feet tall and wide.
Expert Tree Care for mature Street Trees
In 2014, Sausalito Beautiful launched a project to assess and improve the health of all the existing street trees on Caledonia. We requested that Sausalito City Council set aside money for the maintenance of the mature trees on Caledonia Street. As a result, Bartlett Tree Experts pruned and fertilized the 128 trees surrounding the Civic Center and 44 additional trees lining the street.
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