Tree service in Wimberley, Texas

What I see in Wimberley yards

After the May 2015 Blanco River flood, Texas A&M Forest Service warned people not to rush to clear the cypress the water had knocked over — the roots often still had life in them and could push new growth. That's the right instinct for Wimberley generally. A leaning creekside cypress is not automatically a dead cypress, and I'd rather tell you to wait a season than sell you a removal you'll regret for forty years.

Source: Texas Tribune — Saving cypresses after the Blanco flood.

The trees I get called about in Wimberley

Bald cypress along Cypress Creek and the Blanco, live oak and ashe juniper on the slopes above them. The cypress are the reason people move here and the reason I get called — storm-leaned trunks, undercut roots, and limbs over cabins and decks.

How to tell these species apart, and what goes wrong with each one.

The ground underneath: river bottom

Deep, well-drained alluvial soil along the river. Pecan and bald cypress country, and the trees get big. The usual problem isn't health, it's end-weight on long limbs nobody's reduced in decades.

Permits in Wimberley

I haven't read Wimberley's ordinance closely enough to summarize it here, and I'm not going to guess at a rule that could cost you a mitigation bill. Call the city's planning or development services department and ask two questions: what trunk diameter triggers a permit, and is there a protected species list.

I have verified the rules for Austin, Kyle, Buda and Dripping Springs — those are written up here, along with how to measure your trunk properly, which every one of these ordinances depends on.

Working on a Wimberley property

Wimberley is steep, wooded and narrow. Long driveways, low branches over the drive, and creekside lots where equipment simply can't go. A fair number of jobs here are rope-and-carry, and that's reflected in the price rather than discovered halfway through.

Questions I get from Wimberley

Getting me out to Wimberley

Wimberley is about a 30-minute run for me. Call or text me a photo with something in frame for scale and I can usually give you a number without driving out. Estimates are free either way.

One rule that applies everywhere, including here: don't prune oaks between February 1 and June 30. Here's why.