Nine visits since 2016, and termites found inside a Rose Bay jacaranda

Pruning the jacaranda, one of nine visits since 2016.

Rose Bay · 2016–2026 · Homes & estates · repeat client, 9 visits

The challenge

A Rose Bay family has called us back to look after their jacaranda since 2016. We've kept it off the roof, clear of the road for trucks and in good shape. In April 2026, while thinning its crown, our crew found termites living in cavities inside the tree. Termites eat a tree from the inside, and the usual fix, drilling into the trunk to inject treatment, wounds the tree further. The cavities were up in the canopy, so every one had to be reached by a climber.

What we did

• Pruned the jacaranda six times between 2016 and 2023, and looked after the tuckeroo, Illawarra flame tree, fig and lilly pilly hedge in the same garden.

• After the crew spotted the termites, William came back to inspect the tree and plan the treatment.

What the crew found: termites living inside the branches.

• No drilling. A climber reached each cavity and soaked it with treatment directly.

• Treated the nest underground. We soaked the soil around the tree and nearby garden beds with chlorantraniliprole, a low-toxicity termite treatment, to reach the termites' nest below ground and stop them coming back.

The result

The termites are dead, and the jacaranda is healthy and thriving.