Palm Tree Trimming in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County
Typical palm: $75 to $200 per tree
The sabal palm is Florida's state tree and one of the most wind resistant palms in the UF/IFAS hurricane studies, royal and coconut palms sit in the middle, and the queen palm ranks last. UF/IFAS says never to take live green fronds or cut above the 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock line, and that a hurricane cut leaves a palm less able to stand up to wind, not more. Royal palms drop their own old fronds and rarely need pruning at all. Palms grow differently from branching trees and are not trimmed like them. The wrong cut on a palm is permanent, because a palm cannot regrow a damaged trunk.
What proper palm trimming includes
- Remove dead and dying fronds, cut cleanly at the base without cutting into the trunk.
- Remove seed pods and fruit stalks before they drop and stain pavers and pool decks.
- Leave the green canopy intact: the "9-to-3" guideline, meaning nothing above horizontal is removed.
- Clean boots on sabals and Washingtonias when requested for appearance or to remove rodent habitat.
- Clear fronds from roofs, screen enclosures and lines.
- Chip and haul every frond and pod.
Palms we service
Sabal (cabbage) palm, queen palm, royal palm, coconut palm, Washingtonia (Mexican fan palm), Canary Island and Medjool date palms, foxtail, areca clumps, pygmy date palms and Bismarck palms. Tall royals and Washingtonias are done with a bucket truck or by a climber using the right technique for the trunk.
Pricing
Palm trimming in West Palm Beach typically runs $75 to $200 per palm depending on height and species, with per-tree pricing dropping for multiple palms on one visit. Date palm skinning and coconut removal are quoted separately.
Seed pods dropping on the pavers mean the palms are due. Count your palms, call (561) 454-8006, and the green canopy stays on every tree we trim in West Palm Beach and across Palm Beach County.