Winter Tree Care: 3 Tips To Protect Your Trees And Shrubs
January 14, 2020
Trees may be dormant during the colder months, but winter conditions can still cause them a lot of stress. This is especially true for young trees with thinner bark and trees that have been recently planted that don’t have a wide, spread root system. It’s important to take care of your trees year-round to keep […]
The year of the beetle
November 18, 2019
Why are my trees struggling this year? It’s hard to argue that the most destructive pest to landscape trees and plants in our region this past year was the ambrosia beetle. Many large trees have been lost to the ambrosia beetle, and it will continue to dominate in this region until natural competition catches up […]
Diagnosis Tree Issues
November 5, 2018
Tree Evaluation & Diagnosis of antracnose This year has been particularly a very high moisture year for the plant life and landscape. Water is one of the very most important and vital elements that trees need to survive. To much water however, can also present potential fungal problems. A common fungal disease that trees can […]
Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty
March 16, 2018
How do we run our business? Ethics are the principles by which you conduct yourself. Having good ethics is extremely important for life and business. This ethics chart, created by our general manager, contain the very basic and essential characteristics for how we like to run our organization. If our employees follow these necessary rules […]
Evaluating Oak trees
January 28, 2018
Trees are beautiful plants that serve many functions. Trees are natural air filters that take in emissions and give out life giving oxygen. They can add significant property value to the modern landscape. Urban forestry involves trees and people living in close proximity to each other. A tree is very good at taking care of itself […]
Testimonial Bethesda MD
December 27, 2017
A recent testimonial for tree removal services in Bethesda Maryland. Franklin’s crew did a great job taking down a 30″+ White Pine tree in our customers front yard using the bucket truck. Thank you again for your help in responding quickly to our request and for your thoughtful and diligent communication throughout this process. I […]
Professionals with a great reputation
November 12, 2017
See our crews in Action! JL Tree Service took down 2 very large Tulip Poplar trees in Fairfax VA on Friday and Saturday using our own crane and captured some images of these large tree removals. The crane, shown in the pictures below, takes very large pieces from the cuts directly out of the tree […]
Hollow Oak tree taken down by tree experts
October 30, 2017
Hazardous tree removed using crane In the picture below, you can see just how rotten this tree was. This tree had major decay all throughout the center of the trunk and throughout the limbs also. Trees like this need to be removed for safety reasons. Unhealthy trees like this that are in close proximity to […]
Fairfax Station Railroad Station sponsorship for many years
November 6, 2014
John Lewett, owner of JL Tree Service Inc has sponsored the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum for many years. The museum honored this by providing an award and news headline. Thanks Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, we are glad to support you for your tree service related needs. http://www.fairfax-station.org/news.html
What To Do About Exposed Tree Roots
August 22, 2013
Every year we get a few calls about tree roots in people’s lawns. They cause problems for mowers, they’re trip hazards for kids, and they’re just kind of ugly. The question is, what, if anything, can you do about them? The first thing to understand is what causes the exposed roots. It’s not that the […]