Trees & Shrubs in Fort Collins, CO
Brooks Landscape has been designing and installing trees & shrubs for homeowners in Fort Collins since 2006. Fort Collins is Brooks Landscape's home base and our most active service area. Our crews know Larimer County's soil conditions, drainage patterns, and local permit requirements — and we build every project to last through Northern Colorado's freeze-thaw cycles.
What's Included
- Species selection for Northern Colorado climate
- Proper hole prep and backfill
- Ball-and-burlap and container stock
- Staking and establishment support
- Integration with irrigation system
How We Work
Trees and shrubs are the longest-term investments in your landscape. Planted correctly in the right location, they provide decades of shade, screening, structure, and habitat. Planted wrong—wrong species, wrong location, wrong depth—they decline slowly and cost more to remove than they ever gave back.
Brooks Landscape selects trees and shrubs for what works in Northern Colorado: our alkaline soils, intense summer UV, late frosts, and the freeze-thaw cycling that damages bark and root systems in poorly planted specimens. We're committed to the right plant in the right place on every project.
We work with both balled-and-burlapped stock for larger specimens and container stock for smaller plantings. Hole preparation is done correctly—not too deep, not too narrow—and backfill is not amended in most cases, because amended backfill creates a container effect that prevents roots from transitioning into native soil. We stake trees appropriately and advise on establishment watering.
Species we commonly work with include ornamental trees (Crabapple, Serviceberry, Redbud), shade trees (Bur Oak, Kentucky Coffeetree, Hackberry), and screening shrubs (native Lilac, Viburnum, Potentilla) that all perform reliably across the Front Range.
Local Water & Permit Context
As a Fort Collins Water Wise Partner, Brooks Landscape designs irrigation systems and plant selections to meet City of Fort Collins water-efficiency standards. Fort Collins enforces outdoor water budgets and seasonal watering schedules—we build compliance in from the start so you're never left scrambling after a project is in the ground.
Fort Collins requires permits for certain hardscape projects, retaining walls over 30 inches, and significant grading work. Brooks Landscape coordinates all required permits through the City of Fort Collins Development Review Center and handles utility locates before any excavation begins.