Service / Tree & shrub care
The most valuable plants on the property are not the grass
Deep-root feeding injected below the turf layer, plus dormant oil and seasonal insect and disease control for ornamentals, hedges and established trees.
Why it matters
Tree & Shrub Care
A mature live oak is worth more than everything else in the yard combined, and it is competing with turf for water and nutrients in the top few inches of soil — a competition the grass usually wins. Deep-root feeding puts nutrients below that layer, where tree roots actually are. The rest of the program is seasonal: dormant oil while the plants are asleep, then targeted treatment for the scale, aphids, mites and fungal problems that show up on a fairly predictable schedule around here.
What is included
Six things in the price
Deep-root injection
Liquid feed injected six to eight inches down on a grid through the root zone, below where turf roots take it first.
Dormant oil application
A winter oil treatment that smothers overwintering scale and mite eggs before they hatch — the cheapest pest control of the year.
Scale, aphid and mite control
Targeted treatment when populations appear, not on a blanket schedule. Your technician inspects at every visit.
Fungal and disease treatment
Common ornamental diseases identified and treated, with pruning recommendations where a treatment alone will not fix airflow.
Plant health inspection
A written note on anything declining, including the ones we cannot fix — sometimes the honest answer is that a tree is failing and you should get an arborist out.
Iron and micronutrient correction
Chlorosis in high-pH soil treated directly rather than waiting for a soil amendment to work its way down.
The season
Visit by visit, in order
Timing shifts by a few weeks north to south, and your local owner adjusts to the actual weather. Soil temperature decides the schedule, not the calendar.
Visit 1 — Horticultural oil
Applied while plants are dormant and temperatures allow. Smothers overwintering scale, mites and aphid eggs before the season starts.
Visit 2 — Deep-root feed
The main annual feeding, injected through the root zone. Timed as the plants break dormancy and can use it.
Visit 3 — Insect and disease
Inspection and targeted treatment for the first wave — aphids, lace bugs, early fungal issues on the plants prone to them.
Visit 4 — Scale and mite control
Peak season for spider mites and armoured scale, especially on stressed plants. Treated where found.
Visit 5 — Fall deep-root feed
Second feeding as top growth stops and root growth continues. This is the one that pays off next spring.
Questions
Asked often enough to answer here
Do you prune or remove trees?
No. We feed and treat. Structural pruning and removal is arborist work, and we will refer you to a certified one rather than pretend otherwise.
Is deep-root feeding worth it over granular?
For established trees competing with turf, yes — granular fertilizer largely feeds the grass on top. For young shrubs in beds without turf competition, the difference is smaller and we will tell you so.
Can you save a tree that is already declining?
Sometimes, if the cause is nutritional or a treatable pest. If it is root damage, girdling or trunk decay, no amount of feeding fixes it, and we would rather say that in month one.
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What pairs with this one
Fertilization & Weed Control
The core program. Seven timed feedings and a pre-emergent barrier that stops weeds before they show up.
What's includedAeration & Overseeding
Core aeration to open compacted soil, plus overseeding for cool-season lawns that have thinned out.
What's includedMosquito & Perimeter Pest
Monthly barrier treatments through the season, plus a foundation perimeter that keeps ants and roaches outside.
What's includedGet tree & shrub care quoted
Your local owner measures the property, prices the program, and tells you whether starting now or waiting for the next window makes more sense.