Tree Care in Mountlake Terrace, WA

If you're looking at the trees in your Mountlake Terrace yard and feeling concerned, you're not alone. Most of the homes here were built in the late 1960s and 70s, which means the landscaping is now 50 to 60 years old. The trees have reached full maturity, and the choices made by the original builders are now showing their consequences. We see a lot of silver maples planted for quick shade. They grew fast, but their weak wood and aggressive surface roots are now causing sidewalk damage and posing a storm risk. Similarly, ornamental trees like the Bradford pear, popular back then, are structurally weak and often split apart after 20 years, right when you've grown attached to them. Your native Douglas firs and Western red cedars are generally more resilient, but they too can suffer from being planted too close to foundations or under power lines decades ago.