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Avatar for Hometown Tree Experts
Hometown Tree Experts
4.6(
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Tree RemovalTree TrimmingTree Removal - For Business+5 more

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 1997

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"It was a tie between Hometown and another contractor, and I chose the other one because that business was closer to my home. However, I was VERY impressed with Hometown's clear and prompt communication and responsiveness to my request for a bid, as well as their follow through as I made my decision. It was after I'd committed to the other one that learned more about the professional credentials of the Hometown arborist. I will definitely consider Hometown as a front runner the next time."
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Response time7 hrs
Response rate100%
6 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Prestige Tree Experts
4.8(
47
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Tree RemovalTree TrimmingTree Removal - For Business+4 more

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2006

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Prestige Tree Experts is devoted to providing the single best tree care experience possible. We offer quick response times, free estimates, and great pricing! We employ the area's foremost professionals in this dangerous industry. We are experience, licensed, insured, and ready to tackle any size tree project you have! For more info, give us call, send us an email, or visit our website. We look forward to serving you.

Response time1 day
5 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by76%of homeowners
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Axcobar Tree Experts
4.9(
35
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Tree RemovalTree Removal - For BusinessTree Stump - Remove+5 more

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

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In business since 2010

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

We Are a 15 Years of experience working on Tree Services \n\nFamily owned business.\n\nBook your FREE ESTIMATE online at \nhttps://calendly.com/axcobartreeservices/schedulefreeestimate \n\nMelvin Alfaro started this business in 2010 ( After Graduated from Seneca Valley High School , in Germantown, MD 20874 ).\n\nWith the support of his brother (Fidel Alfaro) , family, friends, teachers and customers who trust in our quality, the business got established.\nThanks for all the support.

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+25

Response time3 days
Recommended by96%of homeowners
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MW TREE SERVICE LLC
5.0(
17
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Tree TrimmingTree RemovalTree Removal - For Business+5 more

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

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Customers say: Super punctual

MW Tree Service LLC is your go-to tree service in Hagerstown. With our excellent work and expertise, we are committed to providing top-notch service for all your tree needs. Contact us today for a job well done!

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Response time1 day
Response rate98%
3 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Gordon W Frazier Tree Service
4.8(
155
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Tree RemovalTree Removal - For BusinessTree Stump - Remove+5 more

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 1990

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Awesome end-to-end experience! After two other tree service arborists inspected trees with me but then failed to actually send estimates, I searched Angie's List and read many of Gordon's reviews. I left him a voicemail on a Friday. He called me Saturday and was willing to visit that weekend. Since I was busy over the weekend, he agreed to call Monday or Tuesday. He called Tuesday at approx. 11am, indicating he was in the area working a job and could be by in 30 minutes. I agreed to meet him. We inspected my four large shade trees (2 sycamore and 2 maples) and I explained we needed better visibility from front porch, unblock view of a corner stop sign, and ensure no growth into siding. He explained his additional recommendation for overall thinning and shaping. He provided an on the spot verbal estimate of $800 and when I asked if he accepted a credit card, he indicated yes, but would charge only $750 if I wrote a check. I had researched average job costs and Gordon's quote was very reasonable. I then asked what his lead time was and he indicated his crew was finishing a job nearby and they could be by in an hour after they ate lunch. He and his crew arrived promptly an hour later, a crew of six total, including Gordon. Gordon rang the doorbell and asked me to review first tree trimming with him before he moved on to remaining three to ensure it met my expectations per our earlier discussion. After finishing, Gordon asked me to walk our property and review pruning for all four trees. His crew was well organized, worked together like clockwork, and Gordon was right there with them working and directing to ensure all trees were pruned to expectations and clean-up was thorough. Our yard looks "larger" now and is very open with the thinning Gordon recommended, as they removed overlapping and dead branches to include providing more ground clearance. They look great and Gordon indicated they shouldn't require pruning again for at least five years. I'll now hire Gordon for annual tree / shrub maintenance (fertilize, insects, disease prevention) and fire the other provider that had provided that service but failed to provide a pruning estimate. I strongly recommend Gordon and his team for any tree related care! Well done!"
Tree trimming
Removing limbs
Trucks
1 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by98%of homeowners
Avatar for JK Gardening Lawn & Garden Care
JK Gardening Lawn & Garden Care
5.0(
22
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Tree RemovalTree Trimming

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2000

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Our talented landscape designers have the capability to service properties in the DMV area, both large and small, and everything in between. We realize the importance of an attractive, well-maintained home. Our landscapers will help you create a unique landscape design that will grow and mature through the years. We take into consideration all aspects like security, maintenance, color preferences and overall look of the design in contrast with your home. Knowing that landscape design is a investment in your home, our team is also available for maintenance services, like spring and fall cleanups, fence work, remodeling (interior & exterior), masonry, paving, tree work or any handyman services you may need!\nMHIC # 106114

Delaware River Jack stone filling in bare dirt areas. Forming a stone bed.
In this project, we transformed a bare dirt area by using Blue Ice stone in the corner. Along the patio border, we added Delaware River Jack to seamlessly connect the entire stone bed around the pool.
Retaining Wall / Artificial Grass / Walk Way
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Response time8 hrs
Response rate100%
1 neighbors recently requested a quote
Avatar for Xtra Care Landscaping & Design INC
Xtra Care Landscaping & Design INC
4.7(
230
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Trees & Shrubs - Treat, Protect and MaintainTrees & Shrubs - Treat, Protect and Maintain - For Business

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

Approved

Super Service Award Winner

In business since 1995

Free estimates

Warranties offered

We understand how important it is to have confidence in the people who design your landscape. We have a friendly staff of highly creative and capable people, and we pride ourselves in our excellent service recognized around DC area, Maryland and Virginia. That’s how we’ve built our business throughout more than 18 years and mostly through referrals. For more than a decade, Xtra Care Landscaping & Design, Inc, has provided professional lawn and yard maintenance as well as comprehensive landscaping design-build services to residential and commercial clients throughout the metropolitan Washington, DC area.Whether you choose mowing and edging, artificial turf or mulching our competitive pricing and professional service is among the best in the area, and be sure to ask about our complete landscape design-build services guaranteed to blend your home or office seamlessly into it’s natural surroundings.\nCall us for any of the listed services: Yard & Maintenance, Hardscaping, Sprinkler Systems, Lighting, Artificial Turf, Decks, Landscape Design, Going Green, Concrete Art, Or Commercial Maintenance!

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+30

Response time1 day
Response rate100%
16 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Shifflett Tree Svc
4.6(
91
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Tree RemovalTree Removal - For BusinessTree Stump - Remove+5 more

Serving Germantown, MD and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 1963

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Great! A friendly family run business of long standing.. Owner and arborist granddaughter arrived to do the estimate. Got on the schedule and crew of approximately 10 arrived on appointed day, including owner & granddaughter. All work and cleanup done in a timely manner.."
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Arborists questions, answered by experts

Generally speaking, you’ll want to avoid flush cuts, which are cuts made as extremely close to the trunk or main branch. These cuts can weaken your tree, lower its natural defense mechanisms, and even cause decay. You’ll also want to avoid tree topping, which is the total removal of the leader and upper main branches of a tree. 

Most pros will advise against either of these methods, which is why hiring a pro is often the best choice when it comes to tree trimming.

Whether you grind or dig up and remove your tree stump depends on your landscaping goals. Using a stump grinder leaves the root system in place for it to decompose over time, whereas digging up the tree stump removes the roots and the stump. Overall, stump grinding is a far simpler process since you won’t need to deal with the roots. Stump removal will make your yard look like a demolition site, but you’ll have an easier time replanting in the same place as your former tree.

You’ll want to have your palm trees trimmed during the spring, ideally in May, before hurricane season sets in, which generally takes place during the late summer. Palm trees grow fastest over the summer months. You’ll also want to trim your palm trees when you notice:

  • Brown fronds 

  • Dry leaves

  • Flower pods

  • Fruit

  • Fronds overgrown in power lines

  • Frond encroaching upon your neighbor’s home or yard 

  • Visible damage from a storm

Salt, herbicide, light deprivation, boiling water, and burning can all help dissolve a tree stump. You can also bury the tree stump in soil or mulch to help it rot naturally. Killing a tree stump prevents future regrowth, but you may also remove it by digging it out or grinding it.

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.

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