Tree Care in Poplar Plains, CT

If you're looking at the trees in your Poplar Plains yard and feeling uneasy, you're not imagining things. Most of our homes were built around 1961, which means the trees planted for instant curb appeal are now 65 years old and entering a high-risk phase. You'll see this with the silver maples, chosen for their fast growth but known for weak wood and aggressive surface roots that threaten foundations and sidewalks. The Bradford pears, while beautiful in spring, have a structural flaw called included bark that guarantees major limbs will split, usually between years 15 and 20. We can't see inside a tree from the outside, and the rot that causes failure often starts decades before the bark splits.