Winter Tree Trimming and Care With the cooler weather setting in, now is the time to think about your trees. As trees start shutting down and preparing for the cold days ahead, take advantage of this time to help protect the trees from the winter storms and prepare them for a healthy next spring. Maintenance trimming to remove dead, hazardous, heavy, and crossing limbs is the foundation to a healthy tree structure. Our arborists inspect each tree individually and will make recommendations based on the tree species, size, health, aesthetics, and other factors to ensure proper care of your trees. Storm Protection: Proper tree trimming now can protect these majestic beauties during the ice and winter storms that often hit our area. Preventative maintenance trimming

Dormant Oil Application Wintertime is a great time to get a head start on protecting your trees from damaging insects. Winter application of dormant oils helps suppress some of the most damaging insects in our landscape. Sucking insects, including aphids, scales, mealybugs, whiteflies, and spider mites can all be successfully treated in winter with dormant oils. While these pests can be very difficult to control during the spring and summer months, these overwintering insects are vulnerable during the dormant season. Horticultural oils can be used as a safe and organic option for pest control while not damaging our friendly, beneficial insects we want to protect. These oils are very effective as they smother the insects and cause the insects to die by asphyxiation. Trees and

Arborist Inspection by an ISA Certified Arborist Just as our vehicles need routine checkups, trees should be inspected by an ISA Certified Arborist to catch any potential changes to the tree’s health. Our local arborists provide tree inspections to look for insect or disease infestations, potentially hazardous limbs, structural issues, long-term growth inhibitors, excessive soil build-up at the base of the tree, soil conditions, and nutrient deficiencies. When needed, our certified arborists provide recommendations and proposals to correct any issues that might be found. Often, once a tree is in good condition, routine maintenance of the tree canopy and soil fertility is all the tree needs to continue to thrive and enhance your landscape. When issues are found, our team of local experts can provide

Summer Tree Fertilization With the summer heat upon us, it is time to crank up the A/C and start jumping into the pool to cool off. How do you help your trees get through the heat and stress of the next few months? After the heavy rainfall, we have received this and last year’s spring, many nutrients have been leached out of the soil. Early summer fertilization can help replace the lost nutrients and improve overall soil health and biology. Summer soil treatments are also a good time to prepare your tree for the stresses of the hot summer months. Proper soil treatments enhance the soil, making water and nutrient more available to the tree and encourage new root growth to support the overall tree