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JCM Property Managment and Preservation

104 W. Madison
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JCM Property Managment and Preservation

104 W. Madison
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12 years of experience

Servicing 1,300 properties a month. 60 plus employees including established working relationships with sub contractors in many specialized fields. Licensed, bonded, insured. We employ a bid system to assess all aspects of what a job may require and give our customers complete confidence in our services, and provide many options to fit any specific need or budget.

Servicing 1,300 properties a month. 60 plus employees including established working relationships with sub contractors in many specialized fields. Licensed, bonded, insured. We employ a bid system to assess all aspects of what a job may require and give our customers complete confidence in our services, and provide many options to fit any specific need or budget.

Green View - Springfield

3000 W Jefferson St
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Green View - Springfield

3000 W Jefferson St
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Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
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For over 50 years Green View Landscape Company has provided professional, award-winning service to Central Illinois. Our knowledgeable staff of certified designers, arborists and maintenance professionals have designed, built and maintained hundreds of residential and commercial landscapes. Our garden centers offer trees, shrubs, plants, landscape construction/maintenance materials, and garden accessories for both indoor and outdoor decorating.

For over 50 years Green View Landscape Company has provided professional, award-winning service to Central Illinois. Our knowledgeable staff of certified designers, arborists and maintenance professionals have designed, built and maintained hundreds of residential and commercial landscapes. Our garden centers offer trees, shrubs, plants, landscape construction/maintenance materials, and garden accessories for both indoor and outdoor decorating.

Leaf Removal questions, answered by experts

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.

Whether you should remove the roots of a dead tree depends on whether they’re damaging nearby areas. For instance, if the roots continue to grow near sidewalks, driveways, or the foundation of your home, they can cause damage. If you want to plant something else in that spot, removing the roots can make it easier for the new tree or plant to grow.

While there is a lot of debate about whether boiling water is strong enough to kill tree roots, it is not best to remove the roots from large, old trees. You may be able to weaken young roots enough to remove them manually, but boiling water will likely not do the trick for large root systems.

Although it’s possible, heavy machinery like a crane is necessary for removing an entire tree stump and all. This procedure is extremely costly, time-consuming, and usually unnecessary, as there are plenty of convenient and affordable stump removal options. 

Your best bet, if you want to be sure to remove a tree and its stump efficiently, is to speak with a professional. They’ll be able to walk you through the entire process.

It can be bad to leave a dead stump in the ground. A stump becomes a hefty piece of dead wood in time and eventually (especially with the help of rain) starts to rot. That makes it a locus point for diseases and pesky insects, as well as a bit of an eyesore. It’s best to remove a tree stump completely before it starts to decay, especially before it starts to fall apart. If the tree was removed because of disease, it’s even more important to fully remove the stump if possible.

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