Florida

You’re walking the yard and there it is — a shelf-like growth low on the trunk, reddish-brown, almost shiny on top, like something varnished it. Your first thought is probably “is my tree dying.” That’s a fair question, because Ganoderma root rot in Florida oaks is one of the few tree problems with a single […]

You’re standing under your palm and something’s off. Maybe the flower stalks went black and dropped all at once. Maybe the bottom fronds have turned a dry, reddish-bronze while the rest of the crown still looks fine. Your first thought is probably the worst one: is this lethal bronzing disease in Florida palms, or is

You’ve got a tree leaning over your screen enclosure and you’re staring at a decision that feels bigger than it should. Maybe a branch already scraped the frame during last week’s storm, or maybe your pool guy pointed at a live oak and told you it’s “not going to end well.” Tree removal near a

An HOA board that’s never documented a tree inspection has no evidence it exercised reasonable care. That’s not a technicality — Florida courts have used exactly that standard to decide who’s liable when a tree causes damage. HOA-compliant tree trimming in Florida isn’t really about following a rulebook for its own sake. It’s about building

A tree standing near a sinkhole isn’t just a tree removal job. It’s a ground stability question wearing a tree removal question’s clothes. Sinkhole-adjacent tree removal in Florida means figuring out two separate things before a single cut is made: is the tree itself safe to remove, and is the ground underneath stable enough to

Search around online and you’ll find sites claiming you can’t cut down a sabal palm in Florida without special authorization because it’s the state tree. That’s not quite right, and believing it can leave a homeowner sitting on a genuinely dangerous, disease-riddled palm out of a misplaced sense that it’s off-limits. Here’s the straight answer: