Tree Service in Roseville, MN

Most of the Tree Service in Roseville we do comes down to age. Roseville's population went from 6,437 in 1950 to 23,997 in 1960, one of the fastest jumps of any Twin Cities suburb, and the trees planted in those new front yards are now around seventy years old. A silver maple or green ash put in as a whip next to a new rambler has had decades to grow over the roof, wrap its roots around the sewer line and drop heavy limbs every few storms. That is the typical Roseville call: a big tree, a modest lot and a house that sits closer to it every year.

Know which side of the line you are on

Roseville is responsible for trees in the boulevard, the strip between the edge of the street and your property line. You need a city permit to plant, trim, remove, spray, cable or treat a boulevard tree, and the city's street maintenance crew trims those trees on a yearly cycle, mostly in winter. Trees on your side of the line are yours to maintain. If a tree straddles the line or you cannot tell where the right-of-way ends, we can help you read the plat, and the city can confirm.

Diseased and hazardous trees

Under its diseased and hazardous tree ordinance, Roseville manages disease on private property as well as public. Removing a diseased or hazardous tree on private land is the owner's responsibility. The city also warns residents about unsolicited contractors who show up at the door, call or mail flyers, which is good advice after any storm. Get a written estimate, ask questions, and do not pay up front.

Ash wood stays in the county

Ramsey County is under an emerald ash borer quarantine, so ash wood and brush cannot be moved out of the county. If you take the wood down yourself, Roseville points residents to the county's brush and yard waste sites. If we take it down, we chip and haul within the rules and note on the estimate where the wood goes.

What we look for on a Roseville lot

• Silver maples and ash with included bark at the main union, a common failure point on fast-growing yard trees
• Limbs over the roof that load up with ice in winter
• Root flare damage from decades of mowing and driveway work
• Trees crowding overhead service lines to the house
• Spruce and pine near the street that have lost lower limbs and grown top-heavy

Parks and big trees nearby

Roseville's 225-acre Central Park, with Bennett Lake, and the wooded Reservoir Woods give the city a lot of mature canopy in public hands. Homes that back up to those areas tend to have larger trees and more of them, and the work there often involves dropping wood away from a fence line or a trail. The 45th parallel crosses the city near Cleveland Avenue and Loren Road, which is a fun fact and also a reminder that winter here is long: snow load and ice are what break most limbs we remove.

Book a walk-through

Call (651) 374-8562 or use the form. We will look at every tree you are worried about and leave a written, itemized quote. Get a free estimate