Bushes and hedges on Lapoint properties do real work. They block wind, give privacy from the road, frame the house, and soften the look of a big open lot. Left alone, though, they grow leggy, crowd walkways and siding, and lose their lower leaves until they look like bare sticks with a green cap on top.
Our bush and hedge trimming shapes each plant based on how it grows. Some need a clean shear to hold a formal edge, while others do better with selective thinning that lets light reach the center. We time cuts around bloom and growth cycles, keep shrubs off buildings and lanes, and haul away every clipping so the yard looks finished and tidy by the time we pull out.
We know how Lapoint snow, wind, and dry summers stress shrubs, and we shape hedges to hold up through all three.
Hedge trimmers, hand pruners, loppers, and pole saws let us make clean cuts on everything from low borders to tall windbreaks.
If a shrub can't be saved, we'll tell you straight instead of trimming it year after year for nothing.
Every clipping gets raked out of beds and lawns, loaded up, and hauled off, so all you see is clean shrubs.
Plenty of Lapoint homes have a row of shrubs or small trees along one side of the yard, planted years ago to break the wind and give some privacy from the road. Over time those rows widen, lean, and start pushing into fences and outbuildings. Their inside branches die off from lack of light, and the whole row loses its density.
We trim windbreak rows to keep them thick from the ground up and narrow enough to stay off the fence. That usually means cutting the sides on a slight angle so the base gets sunlight too. If branches have already pushed posts out of line or broken wire, our fence repair service can set things straight once the row is cut back.
When you trim matters as much as how. Shrubs that bloom in spring, like lilac and forsythia, set next year’s buds soon after flowering, so we trim those right after the flowers fade. Cut them in fall and you lose next spring’s show. Summer bloomers and most evergreen hedges handle a shaping in late spring or early summer, once the first flush of growth firms up.
Heavy cuts late in the season are risky up here, because new growth doesn’t have time to toughen before freezing weather. We keep fall work light and save bigger renovation cuts for late winter, when plants are dormant. Pairing a light trim with our spring and fall seasonal cleanups keeps beds tidy without stressing the plants.
Uintah County designs buildings for a ground snow load of 39 pounds per square foot, which gives you a sense of how heavy a wet Lapoint snowfall can get. Shrubs feel that weight too. Hedges trimmed with flat, wide tops collect snow like a shelf, and junipers and arborvitae can split open down the middle once it piles up.
We shape hedges so the top is a bit narrower than the bottom, letting snow slide off instead of stacking. For upright evergreens, removing weak or crossing leaders cuts down on splitting. If a plant has already opened up, careful pruning can often help it close back in over a season or two.
Where a lane meets SR-121 or a county road, overgrown shrubs can block the view of oncoming traffic. That’s a real hazard for anyone pulling out, from family cars to school buses and farm equipment. Trimming shrubs at the entrance to a safe height and width opens those sight lines back up.
The same goes for walkways, mailboxes, and porches. Branches that brush against siding hold moisture and scratch paint, and shrubs growing into roof eaves give pests an easy path inside. We cut back enough to leave a gap between plants and buildings without leaving the shrub lopsided.
Not sure if it’s time? Watch for these:
Any of these can be fixed, though older overgrowth may take a couple of seasons of gradual cuts to bring back.
Sometimes a shrub is too far gone. It may be mostly dead inside, badly split, or simply too big for the spot it was planted in. Cutting it hard every year just leaves you with a stump and a few green shoots. In those cases, removing it and starting fresh often makes more sense.
We’ll give you a straight answer on what can be saved. If a shrub or small tree needs to come out, our tree and stump removal can clear it, roots and all. Call (801) 669-0512 and we’ll come look at your Lapoint shrubs.
We walk your Lapoint property, look at each shrub and hedge, and note bloom times, damage, and clearance problems.
Your free quote lists which shrubs we'll trim, how we'll shape or thin each one, and that cleanup and hauling are included.
We shear, thin, and prune each plant based on how it grows, cutting out dead wood and opening up clearance.
We walk the property with you, look over the shape of each shrub, and make sure every clipping is gone.
