During the past couple years of hot, dry weather, homeowners with lots of trees in their yard are probably happy. Trees can tolerate a lot more drought than grass, and heavily treed landscapes can look good during extended dry periods. Besides that, trees provide welcome shade and cool the house and yard.
Trees are among the oldest living things on earth.
The life of a Live Oak can span several generations of people. They cannot move to avoid stress. Some homeowners over manage them and introduce unnatural elements into their growing environment. Similarly, nursery grown trees planted in the home landscape sometimes decline and die. The reason is often traced to a lack of understanding of tree form and function by builders, homeowners and landscape maintenance and pest control professionals.