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Roper Tree Surgeon and Landscaping
4.8(
21
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2000

Emergency services offered

Credit card accepted

"Best Tree Service I've ever had. Prompt, extremely responsive, emailed photos right after job completed, fair pricing, and the clean up after the work was finished was exemplary. Strongly sugest you give Willliam a try for your next landscaping tree or shrub trimming job or general landscaping. He's great!, and friendly and professional!"
Recommended by61%of homeowners
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Ezra Tree Service
4.9(
30
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2016

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Ezra Tree service did a fantastic job. They trimmed my trees very well and they removed the trees I no longer wanted and did an exceptional job. They even came back and repaired a sprinkler they accidentally broke. Overall, a great company and I would highly recommend them"
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+15

Response time1 day
Response rate98%
Recommended by88%of homeowners
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Rivera Tree Service Inc.
5.0(
32
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2019

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"This company goes way beyond expectations. They trimmed all my trees and brushes around my house to look healthy. They removed 4 sets of bushes. They cleaned up everything. He noticed my sprinklers were not working and replaced the parts ( of course with my permission). All workers were polite and had a great work ethic. I wish I had more work for them. I am sharing their work with my friends to get them more business. They are reasonable in their charges. They are easy to communicate with. I would highly recommend them."
Palm Tree Trimming
Tree Removal
Response time5 hrs
Response rate97%
19 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Golden Oaks Tree Care
5.0(
50
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2016

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Golden Oaks Tree Care did an outstanding job trimming trees and cleaning up. Their quote was reasonable and we even paid them more than the quote due to the amount of work and their attention to detail. All the workers were friendly and professional. I highly recommend them!!"
Response time6 hrs
Response rate99%
28 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Evergreen Tree Enterprise, Inc.
4.7(
26
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2020

Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

"The boss and workers were professional and cleaned up their mess of tree branches. They took the two dead trees out easily without having to climb either one. It took them 45 minutes from start to finish and I paid $800. A good deal for Evergreen."
Lift trucks
Clean up
Wood Hauling
Response time11 hrs
Response rate92%
7 neighbors recently requested a quote
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HLI Tree Services Inc
3.9(
393
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2010

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Highly recommend HLI Tree Experts! Within 1 hour of contacting HomeAdvisor, Leonard, from HLI, called and arrived to give me an estimate for the work I wanted done. We negotiated a price and they came out first thing in the morning on the very next day. Carlos and his crew were professional, efficient are very knowledgeable arborists. After they arrived, we negotiated a price for additional work that we wanted done. The reason I am not giving them 5 stars is because we had planned on paying with our credit card (HLI's business card states that they accept VISA) but were told they only accept credit cards from commercial accounts. Other than the credit card issue, we were very pleased with their work."
Few thousand trees
Crane work
Response time9 hrs
143 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by85%of homeowners
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Antonio's Landscaping
4.8(
13
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Credit card accepted

"He did an AMAZING job! Our front yard was very neglected, and he made it look 10x better. We are hiring him to help us upkeep our yard, and I am recommending him to the people we know."
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Landscaping Project
Leaf Removal Project
Leaf Removal Project
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+24

Response time1 day
Response rate85%
3 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Green Life Landscape Inc.
5.0(
10
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Serving Murrieta, CA and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 1993

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"We’ve been at our house for 13 years and in that time have gone through 5 different landscaping companies. Green Life Landscape is our preferred landscaping company, we’ve been using them for about 3 years now and we are very happy with their service. The time and the care Jose and his team provide during each visit is really appreciated. I love getting home from work on landscaping day and seeing the lawn freshly cut and the flowers and shrubs looking on point."
Vegetation removal & application of herbicide.
Vegetation removal & application of herbicide.
Vegetation removal & application of herbicide.
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Response time2 days
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Arborists questions, answered by experts

Generally, you’ll want to prune back the trunk by 1 to 2 feet each year to promote bushy growth. Doing so concentrates vegetative buds closer to the bottom of the tree, where you can easily harvest fruit. For side shoots that are a year old, leave at least six leaves. 

Never remove more than 30% of a tree’s foliage during pruning—even if your tree is really overgrown. Removing this much foliage at a time could kill your tree.

Carefully pruning small roots no thicker than three inches in diameter won’t harm the tree. However, cutting larger roots may impact the tree's stability and nutrient absorption. It's advisable to consult an arborist or tree care professional to evaluate the root's size, the tree's health, and the potential impact of cutting. Proper tree pruning techniques and timing can minimize damage, but larger root removal may necessitate expert guidance to avoid compromising the tree's overall health and stability.

Debris removal is often included in the overall cost of having a tree removed from your property. However, tree maintenance service companies do not always include debris removal in their pricing, so ask any contractors offering tree trimming cost estimates whether or not removal is included. If you want to keep the wood mulch, ask if they charge extra for it as well.

Unfortunately, palm tree stumps are one of the most difficult types to remove due to how their roots grow. Unlike other trees, palm tree roots grow horizontally and vertically. Palm tree roots grow as deep as three feet into the ground, although soil and growing conditions could mean they go as far as 50 inches into the earth. 

If you want to be able to repurpose the grass in the area where you removed a stump later, you’ll have to dig quite deep—and perhaps wide—to trim away all the roots.

If a disease has attacked and destroyed the roots, then the tree may fall over as soon as it has died or while part of it is still alive. Trees that die with their roots left in place tend to stay standing for much longer, but those roots will decay eventually, allowing gravity to do the rest.

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