Like the inside of your house, your yard and garden can start to look unkempt if they’re not attended to. Spring is the traditional season for deep cleaning, so while you’re tidying your indoor spaces, there’s no reason to not tidy up your landscape as well.

Reasons for Tree Removal: Dead Trees

During spring cleaning you’ll want to remove any dead trees. Dead trees are eyesores, and large dead trees are dangerous. Though a dead tree can stand for many years, you can’t predict when it’s going to finally fall over. Depending on where it falls, it can damage your home or a neighbor’s house, take down power lines, or fall on a pet or a person.

Sick Trees Need to Be Removed

A tree that’s been made sick from a pathogen, fungus, or insect also needs to be removed if treating the problem hasn’t worked. Sick trees tend to be unsightly, as they may have withered, blackened leaves, areas of slime or mold, or peeling bark. As with other living things, trees can also spread their diseases to other trees and shrubs.

The Tree Is in the Wrong Place

You may have innocently planted a 3-foot tall sapling very close to your house some years ago, and now it’s 40 feet tall with a 3-foot diameter trunk. Its roots are interfering with the foundation of your house, its branches are scraping away at your roof, and its leaves, nuts, and flowers are falling all over your property. You may have planted another tree in a place where its roots can infiltrate your sewer pipe, and you’ve just begun to realize that this is the reason for the clogs and backups you’re noticing with your plumbing.

The Tree Is Leaning

While it’s unusual for a tree to be perfectly straight, a tree with a severe lean can fall over at any time. Again, if it’s close to a place where it can cause damage, it needs to be removed.

You Simply Don’t Want the Tree Where It Is

The tree may be perfectly healthy and harmless, but you just don’t want it, or can’t have it, where it stands. You may want to add a room to your home or install a swimming pool or a tennis court. Maybe the tree is obstructing your view from a window. In this case, there are ways to remove the tree without killing it, and you can decide to plant it somewhere else.

Call Us for Tree Removal

Don’t neglect your yard when it comes to spring cleaning. If you need tree removal service, call the professional arborists at Bluegrass Tree & Lawn in Columbus, OH today.