PHOENIX, AZ – October 29, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE –

ArborCraft Tree Service has added a new team of arborists and field crew members to its Phoenix operations, increasing capacity for pruning, tree removal, stump grinding, palm care, and plant health care at residential and commercial properties across the valley.

The added team is meant to shorten wait times during the busiest stretches of the year. Demand for tree work in Phoenix rises sharply in late spring as owners prepare for monsoon season, and again after summer storms, when broken limbs and fallen trees need attention quickly. Additional crews allow routine pruning to be scheduled without pushing urgent storm work further out, and the reverse.

Pruning remains the core of the work, and the approach is built around desert trees. Crews prune for structure rather than appearance alone, removing crossing, weak, and dead branches while keeping enough canopy to shade the trunk and main limbs. Over-thinning and lion-tailing, both common in valley landscapes, leave trees more vulnerable to wind and sunscald. Young trees benefit most from early structural pruning, since correcting a weak branch structure at five years old is far easier and cheaper than at twenty.

Palm care is a large share of the work in Phoenix and has its own rules. Date palms and fan palms should have dead and hanging fronds removed, along with flower and fruit stalks where needed, but stripping healthy green fronds, sometimes called over-skinning, weakens the palm and leaves it more exposed to heat. Tall fan palms with a skirt of dead fronds can harbor rodents and pose a fire risk, so regular trimming matters for those trees. Palms trimmed in late spring or early summer generally handle the work best.

Removal is handled as a last option for healthy trees but is sometimes necessary when a tree is dead, structurally compromised, diseased beyond recovery, or planted too close to a structure. Removing large trees near homes, walls, pools, and power lines requires planning and, in many cases, sectional dismantling with rigging rather than felling the tree in one piece. Trees growing near overhead power lines should only be handled by crews qualified to work near energized lines, and the utility may need to be involved.

Stump grinding follows removal for owners who want to replant or use the space. Arizona law requires a call to Arizona 811 before digging, so underground utilities are marked before grinding begins. Grinding depth depends on what the space will be used for next, and the guides on the company’s blog explain why replanting in the exact spot of a removed tree can be difficult until the old roots break down.

Plant health care covers diagnosing and addressing problems such as Texas root rot, palo verde root borers, bark beetles in drought-stressed pines, and iron chlorosis in alkaline soils. Treatment starts with identifying the cause, since many symptoms look similar.

The company’s blog continues to publish material on pruning desert trees, recognizing pests and disease, watering established trees, and seasonal care.

Property owners hiring an arborist in Phoenix, AZ are encouraged to verify International Society of Arboriculture credentials online, confirm liability and workers’ compensation insurance, and check whether HOA rules require approval before a tree is removed.

Scheduling for pruning, removal, palm care, and assessments from an arborist in Phoenix, AZ is available through the ArborCraft Tree Service website.

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For more information about ArborCraft Tree Service, contact the company here:

ArborCraft Tree Service
ArborCraft Tree Service
(480) 999-0575
info@arborcraftaz.com
Phoenix, AZ

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