Trees That Please Nursery specializes in growing native trees and shrubs that are adapted to the high heat and low water found in Southwestern region. We also select late-blooming fruit trees that stand a better chance of beating our late frosts and providing you with more fruit. Our experienced staff will help you select something suitable for your landscape. We provide planting instructions and a care guide to help you be successful. Our staff is here to support your needs and we encourage you to contact us with any question or concern. Michael Martin Meléndrez and his wife Kari Meléndrez, own three New Mexico agri-businesses based out of Los Lunas, New Mexico. Trees That Please – a tree farm and nursery, Soil Secrets LLC a manufacturer of biological soil management products and Soil Secrets Worldwide LLC – the international division.

The Arboretum Tomé is a collection of rare trees endemic to the desert Southwest. Started by the founder of Trees That Please Nursery and Soil Secrets in the 80′s, the collection includes a huge collection of Oak trees, the genus Quercus, along with Redwoods, Giant Timber Bamboo, and Maples, including a Western native sugar maple called the Bigtooth Maple, Acer grandidentatum.

The Shantung Maple (Acer truncatum) is also known as the Purple Blow Maple due to the color of its newly emerging leaves which are red-purple. These young expanding red-purple leaves change to green as they mature. Leaves are small, about the size of Japanese Red Maple leaves, perhaps 3’-4’ wide at maturity.   The Shantung Continue Reading