Tree Care in Vestavia Hills, AL

Your Vestavia Hills home is probably surrounded by trees that were planted when the subdivision went in, sometime in the 1970s. Back then, builders liked shade trees that grew fast and cheap. You likely have green ash, dogwood, or silver maple in your yard, trees that were the right choice 45 years ago but are now facing real problems. Southern Live Oak grows here naturally and would be a better choice today if you're planting, but you're working with what's there. The warm-humid climate gives you eight months of growing season, plenty of rain at 53 inches a year, but that same moisture feeds fungal diseases and supports pest populations that would struggle up north. Most people don't realize their big shade tree might already be dying and they won't notice until branches start falling.