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Tree Trimming and Pruning

Donovan Arborists

Tree Care Services

Our ISA Certified Arborists ensure that you get the highest quality tree care.

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We offer free estimates for tree planting, trimming, removal, cabling and bracing.

Plant Health Care Services

We believe in being proactive in preventing insect infestations and disease outbreaks.

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Tree Trimming and Pruning

LICENSED TO TRIM

In a DIY era, Jacks of All and Masters of None will take photos on a cell phone and call them good enough for their website. The same Jacks will rent a floor sander and attempt to make their floors look like new. Not so much. They’ll dedicate a weekend to replacing the concrete front walk. It crumbles way too soon. And in the pre April 15 season, they’ll take a whack at their own tax preparation. Audit alarms are going off.

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Sheath Your Shears till After the Snow Flies

Fall is a hard season to predict along Colorado’s Front Range. The earliest freeze in Denver was on September 8, 1962, but just 18 years earlier it didn’t come till November 15. In 1961 it snowed on Labor Day! The National Weather Service pegs October 7 as the average first freeze date, but if you’ve lived in Colorado for any length of time, you know there’s nothing “average” about the weather here. Even the experts can only nail down the first frost to 60-day window.

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There’s Still Time to Plant…and Prices are Great!

Fall is the best time to plant most deciduous (leafy) trees. It gives them a head start on spring growth while they concentrate on building a healthy root system over the winter.
As long as the soil is workable, trees can be planted, and in most lower-altitude Colorado locations that means planting time extends well into late fall and even early winter before subsoil freezing becomes an issue.

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When is the Best Time to Prune Your Trees?

Experts agree that the best time to prune most landscape is from mid-February until early March. The trees are still dormant but are nearing the time that new growth will emerge. Late winter pruning allows enough time for the wounds to heal without exposing them to a full winter of stress. Plus, it encourages new growth to occur in places you want it.

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