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Professional Tree Service in Austin
Tree care in Central Texas is not the same job it is anywhere else. Austin sits on thin Hill Country soils over limestone, in a climate that swings from drought to flash flood, and our urban canopy is dominated by live oaks, cedar elms, and Texas red oaks – the exact species most at risk from oak wilt, the most destructive tree disease in the region. A crew that prunes the way they would in Dallas or Houston can do real damage here. We work to Central Texas standards: the right cut, at the right time of year, sealed correctly.
We provide full-service tree work across Austin, Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties – structural pruning, crown thinning and raising, deadwood removal, tree and stump removal, cabling and bracing for heavy live-oak limbs, and storm cleanup. Every job starts with an on-site assessment of species, health, and structure so you get a plan, not just a price.
Austin Tree Species and How We Care for Them
The Austin canopy is built around live oak, cedar elm, Texas red oak (Spanish oak), bald cypress, pecan, Texas ash, Monterrey oak, and crepe myrtle. Live oaks are the signature shade tree of the area and need careful structural pruning when young and conservative deadwooding when mature – they hold their leaves nearly year-round and over-thinning stresses them. Cedar elms tolerate our alkaline soil well but drop heavy deadwood. Crepe myrtles are everywhere and are routinely ruined by topping (“crepe murder”); we prune them to structure instead.
On every oak we follow strict oak wilt protocol: we paint every cut immediately, no matter the season, and we time non-emergency oak pruning outside the high-risk spring window. This single discipline is the most important thing a tree service in Austin can do for your property and your neighbors.
When to Prune Trees in Austin
For oaks – live oak, red oak, and any other Quercus – the safe pruning window in Austin is roughly mid-July through January. We avoid all non-emergency oak pruning from February 1 through June 30, the period when the sap-feeding beetles that spread oak wilt are most active. When storm damage or hazard forces an out-of-season oak cut, we seal the wound within minutes. Paint goes on every oak cut year-round regardless of timing.
Most other Austin trees are best pruned in the dormant late-winter window of December through January, before spring growth. Crepe myrtles are pruned in late winter to structure, never topped. Spring-flowering trees like Texas mountain laurel are pruned right after they bloom. Bald cypress and cedar elm tolerate dormant-season pruning well. We schedule the work to the tree, not to a generic calendar.
Our Austin Tree Services
Structural and maintenance pruning, crown thinning and raising, and deadwood removal. Full tree removal, including hazardous and limited-access removals. Stump grinding after removal. Cabling and bracing for the long horizontal limbs that mature live oaks throw. Storm-damage response and cleanup. We coordinate with your other yard work – schedule tree jobs around landscape design, irrigation, and seasonal leaf cleanup so heavy equipment never undoes finished work, and we tie in with hardscape projects where root zones and patios meet.
Pricing
Tree work is priced per job after an on-site look, because size, access, proximity to structures, and hazard drive the real cost. As a guide, routine trimming and pruning in Austin runs about $200 to $700 per tree for small-to-mid canopies, with large or complex live oaks higher. Tree removal typically ranges from $400 to $2,200 depending on size, access, and hazard, and stump grinding runs about $90 to $350 per stump. You get a firm written quote before any work begins, and licensed, insured crews on every job.
Schedule Your Austin Tree Service
Request a free quote for a tree assessment and written estimate. For multi-tree properties or HOA work, see our service areas for coverage, or call (512) 690-4912. Emergency and storm-damage calls are prioritized.
We provide tree service across Austin and the nearby communities, including Tree service in Bee Cave, Tree service in Buda, Tree service in Cedar Park, Tree service in Dripping Springs, and Tree service in Georgetown — see all the areas we serve.