Downey’s mid-century ranch homes and larger older lots north of Firestone Boulevard have some of the biggest residential trees in southeast LA County: Canary Island pines, Aleppo pines, magnolias, ficus and jacarandas planted when the neighborhoods were new. Many of those trees are now 60 or more years old and outgrowing their spaces, and tree removal is often the safer choice when they overhang roofs.
For healthy trees, tree trimming that removes deadwood and reduces heavy limbs keeps them safe. Magnolias and jacarandas respond well to thinning; pines need deadwood cleaned out and end weight reduced. Palms throughout Downey need annual frond removal.
Downey homeowners often ask us to grind old stumps before remodeling front yards — see stump grinding for pricing. We also work in nearby Norwalk, Bellflower and Whittier.
Around Downey
We regularly work near:
- 📍Columbia Memorial Space Center
- 📍Oldest McDonald’s (Lakewood Blvd)
- 📍Stonewood Center
- 📍Furman Park
- 📍Rio Hondo Golf Club
- 📍Apollo Park
Tree Removal in Downey — Local Notes
- •Older lots north of Firestone Blvd have large, 60+ year old pines and magnolias.
- •Ficus roots commonly lift driveways and sidewalks in older tracts.
- •Front-yard drought-tolerant conversions often require multiple stump grinds.
- •Downey parkway trees are maintained by the city.