Tree Installation

To give you the most flexibility, trees can be purchased "'cash and carry" or "planted and guaranteed." Large trees are remarkably heavy living things, a lot of wood, water and soil! At the same time, the roots that carry essential water and nutrients are near the edges of the root balls and are incredibly tiny and delicate. Dropping a heavy tree or rough handling can sever these tiny roots causing tree stress. Careful handling and proper planting techniques are critical to tree survival and success. Our experienced tree planting crew has the knowledge and tools to do the job correctly insuring your new tree has the best chance at becoming the centerpiece of your landscape.

At the time of purchase we will add your tree to the planting schedule. No worries, your planting can be scheduled at a time convenient for you. If you’d like to be there, great! If that's not convenient, it is not a problem. You’ll get a tree stake to mark where you’d like your tree planted. Plan early, expect a lead time of 2-4 weeks during the spring and fall months.  We know your schedule changes so we'll call the day before your schedule planting arrives.  If it's not a good time, simply call back and we'll try again.

When your tree planting appointment arrives, our crew will plant, water in, and stake your tree, then clean up the area. So there are no surprises for either of us, please notify us ahead of time of special circumstances like removal of an old tree or tree roots, difficult or narrow access, dogs, other work ongoing, etc. This allows bring the tools or equipment we need and  inform you of any extra costs we anticipate up front.

Shades Of Green is not responsible for breakage to undisclosed pipes, cables, and wires.  For plantings of all material larger than 15 gallons, we suggest calling Texas811 with 48 hours notice and they will mark your utility lines at no charge to you.  Sprinkler system components can only be located via your sprinkler plan or digging.  We make every effort to work around phone lines and sprinkler systems but sometimes a break occurs. Most sprinkler problems can be repaired on the spot and we will call the proper companies to have phone lines, etc. repaired asap. 

Please see our Tree Guarantee document for further details.