Tree & Shrub Care in Longview, TX

Tree and shrub care Longview TX yards count on starts with knowing what you're looking at. Live oaks, post oaks, crepe myrtles, hollies, ligustrums, boxwoods — every one of them needs different timing, different cuts, and different aftercare. Our crew prunes for the plant's health first, then for the look you want.

Tree care East Texas only works when the contractor respects the species and the season. We're not the company that tops crepe myrtles into stumps. We're the company that thins them, shapes them, and lets them bloom the way they're supposed to. Yard Dog Landscapes has been pruning, trimming, and feeding trees and shrubs across Longview Texas since 2017 — and we haul off every cut limb when we leave.

We serve homeowners across Gregg, Harrison, Smith, and Upshur Counties — Longview, Kilgore, Hallsville, Marshall, and Tyler. One-time projects or seasonal maintenance — your call.

East Texas trees and shrubs need different care than the same species would up north or out west. Pruning windows are calibrated to our growing season, pest pressure peaks at different times, and the species mix most homeowners have — crepe myrtles, knockout roses, hollies, boxwoods, dogwoods, azaleas, magnolias — each have specific maintenance needs that get cycled wrong by general landscape crews.

Crepe myrtles get rejuvenation cuts in February before bud break, not the "crepe murder" topping that's tragically common in East Texas. Azaleas and camellias get pruned right after bloom, never in winter. Knockout roses get cut back hard in February. Hollies and boxwoods get shaped in early summer after the spring flush. Doing the right work at the wrong time costs you a full season of color or growth.

We also handle the unglamorous side: dethatching dead growth out of established shrubs, scouting for fire blight in pears and ornamental quince, treating fire-ant mounds that build up under low-growing shrubs, and clearing dead lower branches off mature shade trees that are blocking the lawn from sun. Free walk-through on the property, written quote, no upsell on what your yard doesn't need.