Dos Lagos is one of Corona's newer planned communities, built out in the 2000s around the artificial lakes that give the neighborhood its name. The tree inventory here reflects that: planned, planted, and consistent in a way that older Corona neighborhoods aren't. Queen palms, Mexican fan palms, jacarandas, crape myrtles, and ornamental pears dominate.
The maintenance pattern here is different than older neighborhoods, too. Most Dos Lagos homeowners are working from the original landscape designer's plant choices — which means trees were specified for size at maturity, not chosen to fit a yard that already existed. That's good news for long-term maintenance: the species mix works. The work is mostly regular annual care rather than the catch-up structural fixes we do elsewhere.
The dominant call we get from Dos Lagos: palm trimming. Mexican fan palms here are 12–20 years out of planting and need yearly attention — frond removal, seedpod cleanup, occasional skinning on properties where the homeowner wants the smooth-trunk look. Queen palms in front yards need similar annual care plus occasional fertilization if they're showing manganese or boron deficiency (yellowing fronds).
The lake-adjacent properties have their own quirk: higher soil moisture in some yards, which encourages root rot in certain species (especially conifers). We've seen a few removals over the years that traced back to chronic over-saturation rather than disease starting in the canopy. If you're seeing yellowing or decline on a tree near the water, it's worth a look.
Common Dos Lagos work:
- Annual palm trimming on Mexican fans, queens, and the occasional date palm.
- Skinning on Mexican fan palms — popular in this neighborhood for the cleaner look.
- Routine ornamental pruning on jacarandas, crape myrtles, and pear trees.
- Crown reduction on faster-growing ornamentals that have started to outgrow planted spacing.
- Removal of failed or chronically-stressed trees — less common here than in older neighborhoods, but happens.
- Stump grinding for landscape redesigns, which are common here as homeowners refresh original 2000s-era landscaping.
Dos Lagos pricing is straightforward residential — flat lots, good access, standard equipment. Multi-tree visits (which is most Dos Lagos jobs) discount well per-tree.
Adjacent: Temescal Valley just south, South Corona just north. Most relevant services: palm tree trimming, general tree trimming, stump grinding.
Services we provide in Dos Lagos
- Tree Removal — Safe removal of dead, dying, or hazard trees.
- Tree Trimming & Pruning — Health pruning, shape control, and clearance work.
- Stump Grinding — Below-grade grinding to clear the way for new landscaping.
- Emergency Tree Service — 24/7 storm damage and hazard response across Corona.
- Palm Tree Trimming — Skinning, frond removal, and seedpod cleanup.