Done right, pruning keeps a tree healthy, structurally sound and beautiful. Our certified arborists trim with the tree's biology in mind — never topping, never over-cutting.
There is a real science to pruning. Cutting the wrong branches, or too many at once, stresses a tree and invites disease. Our arborists prune to promote strong structure and healthy growth — removing dead, diseased and crossing limbs, raising canopies for clearance, and thinning to let light and wind through.
Regular, correct pruning also reduces the risk of limb failure over your roof, driveway or the street. We shape oaks, cypress, elm, cedar, pecan, crape myrtle and more, and we time cuts to protect against issues like oak wilt.
Good pruning is about structure, not just appearance. Young and mid-age trees develop strong, well-spaced branches when weak crotches and competing leaders are addressed early. In our climate, a tree with a sound framework handles summer wind and winter ice far better than one left to crowd itself. Thinning the crown also lets light and air move through, which discourages disease in humid stretches.
There is a right and a wrong way to reduce a tree, and we never top. Topping leaves stubs that rot and sprout weak, upright regrowth that fails in the next storm. Instead we make proper reduction and thinning cuts back to healthy laterals, raise low limbs off roofs and driveways, and remove deadwood. Timing matters too, especially with oaks, where careless cuts invite disease.
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