Tree Care in Ladue, MO

If you're looking at the trees in your Ladue yard and feeling uneasy, you're not imagining things. Many of the mature trees here, like the silver maples and Bradford pears, were planted when these homes were built in the mid-1950s. Builders chose them for fast growth and instant shade, but that came with a cost. Silver maples have weak wood and aggressive surface roots, while Bradford pears are structurally guaranteed to split after 15-20 years. These trees are now over 70 years old, and the internal decay you can't see is often the real problem. We use simple tools like a mallet to sound the trunk; solid wood rings clear, but decayed wood sounds dull, telling us what's happening inside long before it's visible outside.