[Happydaz]

A “reasonable price” is not the best way to choose a professional to do your tree and shrub pruning. I have a large, heavily planted lot and I chose to have a certified, professional arborist come and trim my large shrubs and palm trees and he did an outstanding job. He sterilized his tools between trees and he pruned the shrubs back to a bud and maintained the natural shape of these very large shrubs. (Ligustrums) I paid $400 per hour (that is what it was approximately, he charged by the job not by the hour) and he had 3 workers, a chipper and two bucket loaders. It won’t need to be done every year. Many low cost trimmers are not insured, don’t sterilize their tools, (can transmit diseases to your palm trees) and have undocumented workers who climb ladders and do dangerous stuff when trimming. (think Morgan and Morgan) They also just hack away and turn everything into a large ball of broken and ragged branches.