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Tree and Plant Healthcare

designed to protect, strengthen, and preserve trees across your landscape

Deep Root Feeding

Deep root feeding delivers nutrients and soil amendments directly into the active root zone of trees, bypassing compacted surface soils and turf competition. This creates healthier soil conditions and improves root function.

  • Improves fine root growth and root system development
  • Enhances nutrient uptake and soil oxygen exchange
  • Improves foliage color, canopy density, and overall vigor
  • Helps trees recover from compaction, construction damage, and poor soil conditions

Deep root feeding is recommended at least once per year. When applied annually, the benefits are compounding, meaning soil structure, root health, and nutrient availability improve over time, resulting in stronger, more resilient trees throughout the landscape.

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Treatments & Pest Management

This program is commonly selected for spruce, arborvitae, and pine, where needle diseases and insect pressure are frequent concerns. Conditions such as needle cast and the broader spruce decline complex can lead to thinning, discoloration, and long-term decline if left unmanaged.

  • Targets needle cast diseases and spruce decline complex
  • Protects against damaging insects that weaken trees over time
  • Helps maintain needle retention, foliage density, and overall appearance
  • Reduces long-term stress and progressive decline

Growth Regulator Treatments

Growth regulator treatments help balance tree growth by redirecting energy from excessive shoot growth to roots, storage, and defense. This results in healthier, more stable trees rather than rapid, weak growth.

  • Reduces excessive shoot growth and pruning frequency
  • Improves root development and carbohydrate storage
  • Enhances foliage color, density, and canopy balance
  • Improves tolerance to drought, heat, and urban stress
  • Can be used as a pre-construction treatment to help trees prepare for root disturbance
  • Supports post-construction recovery by stabilizing growth and improving root regeneration
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Full-Season Ornamentals Check & Treat Program

For customers seeking comprehensive care, we offer an annual whole-property plan that provides consistent monitoring and treatment of ornamental trees and shrubs throughout the growing season.

  • Six scheduled visits from April through September
  • Monthly inspection of ornamental trees and shrubs
  • Targeted sprays for fungal issues and insects as needed
  • Focus on early detection and prevention of problems

If issues are identified that are not fully addressed by these treatments, we will make clear recommendations for additional services to protect tree health and long-term performance.

Tree Replacement & Planting

With decades of experience removing and treating trees that failed to thrive, we’ve developed a proven approach to help you plant with confidence. We offer a hand selected list of hardy, reliable, and beautiful trees that perform well in local soil and weather conditions.

We source healthy trees, at the ideal size for transplant, ensuring strong root development and long-term success.

Our tree planting program is built to take the stress and guesswork out of tree planting.

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Want to learn more about tree health care?

Healthy trees start with knowing what to look for. These resources can help you stay ahead of potential problems before they become bigger ones. Check out our guides:
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Our plant health care programs are designed to take the stress and guesswork out of caring for your trees. We're happy to provide you with a free estimate.
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