Pruning and Trimming

Tree pruning is not only necessary on a regular basis to maintain the beauty and health of your trees but also for safety reasons to prevent potentially weak branches or limbs from falling on your home, automobiles or power lines. And if you are a resident of greater Alexandria, there are no tree pruning experts more committed to the health of your tree and safety on the job than the professionals at Absolute Tree, Inc. We follow all guidelines set forth by the American National Standard Institution in every procedure. And to ensure the best possible service for our residential and commercial customers, we use only the most up-to-date technologies and equipment.

We always recommend that individuals who aren’t experienced in tree care not tackle any major tree pruning. Without the proper knowledge, as we have gained through years of experience and training, you could damage the tree, yourself or your home. For example, if you severely cut the wrong major branches that will cause weak growth in the form of multiple branches that grow straight up through. If you leave too much of a stub on a major branch, that will eventually die, leaving the tree open for disease or insects at that point. Thus the few dollars that you saved by not calling a tree pruning service instead turns into much more of an expense in rectifying the problem.

Some of our tree pruning services include:

• Crown Cleaning: This is where we remove any branches and water spouts from the inner two-thirds of the crown to ensure the best possible tree health. This could include any dead, diseased, crowded or weak branches.
  
  
• Crown Reduction: With this, we focus on the outer third of all those branches by pruning those to help lessen the weight on the inner two-thirds. This prevents limb breakage and helps a tree’s foundational strength.
  
  
• Crown Thinning: Here we focus on inner branches by removing selected ones so both air and sunlight can reach the inside of the tree. Think of this as similar to trimming high branches of a large tree because it is blocking the sun over your yard and stunting the growth of plants and your lawn.
  
  
• Crown Raising: This is simply cutting away those branches that might be hanging too low over a sidewalk, driveway or might be bumping up against your windows, surrounding buildings, etc.
  
  
• Crown Restoration: This is necessary to improve the overall structure of a tree when one has been severely damaged.
  
  
• Utility Tree Pruning: This is using whatever service is needed to those branches that interfere with those power lines, etc. Many times the city will not take care of this problem unless it’s very imminent danger, and you likely will be waiting weeks for that to happen. It’s obviously better for you to get the problem solved before that next storm so you aren’t without power for a long period.
  

*when we refer to crown, that’s everything that extends from the trunk or main stems

All of the above tree pruning services will be evaluated by one of our experts free of charge before we begin any work. And of course we remove any debris so that your landscape is looking better than ever in no time. We also guarantee that while performing work that no damage will come to the surrounding landscape or any of your belongings. We are fully licensed and insured, but we have a 100 percent safety rate.

We hope that we have convinced you that regular tree pruning is not only essential to the aesthetic look of your trees but also to their health and possibly the safety of you and your family. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.

With so much at stake, don’t trust anyone to handle your tree pruning than the experts at Absolute Tree, Inc. We are proud members of the Tree Care Industry Association, so we want what’s best for your trees because we know how indispensable they are not just to your yard but also our Alexandria community and environment.

Call us today at 703-969-6207 to schedule a free estimate on tree pruning or with any questions on any of our services.

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