Tree Care in Pennington, NJ

If you're looking at the trees in your Pennington yard and wondering about their health, you're not alone. Most of the problems we see here trace back to the original landscaping choices made when these neighborhoods were built. Around 1958, builders often planted fast-growing trees like silver maple and Bradford pear for instant curb appeal. Silver maples have weak wood and aggressive surface roots that can damage foundations and sidewalks. Bradford pears are beautiful but have a structural flaw called included bark that guarantees major limbs will split within 15 to 20 years. These trees are now over 60 years old and entering a high-risk phase. Different storm types cause different failures. We get about 13 storms a year here. Wind primarily causes uprooting when our clay soils are saturated from our 45 inches of annual rain. It can also tear apart those weak branch unions.