Royal Palms are the signature tree of Palm Beach County streetscapes — and the most commonly damaged by bad pruning. A mature Royal can throw a 40-pound frond from 60 feet, so the work matters for safety as much as appearance.
Tree Maid is a single-fleet team based in Lake Worth Beach (Greenacres), FL. The tree experts who assess your tree are the same crew who do the work — and because we trim, remove, grind and replant, we can tell you honestly which one you actually need.
Trimming: What Correct Work Looks Like
- Only fully brown fronds come off. Cutting green fronds above horizontal starves the palm and produces the pencil-point trunk you see on over-trimmed streets — it is permanent.
- Seed pods and boots removed. Pods are the real hazard: heavy, and they drop without warning over driveways and walkways.
- Once or twice a year is right. More often is selling you work the palm does not need.
- Self-cleaning habit. Royals shed their own fronds. Much of what people pay for is really hazard management under the drop zone, not horticultural need.
Removal: When It Is the Right Call
- Removed whole where a crane or bucket can reach, sectioned where access is tight.
- Root ball is compact for the height, so stump work is usually straightforward.
- Common reasons: hurricane snap, lethal bronzing, or a palm planted too close to a structure decades ago.
Removal includes full cleanup and haul-away as standard. Stump grinding is quoted separately because it is a different machine and a different job.
Health and Risk Warning Signs
Lethal bronzing (formerly Texas Phoenix Palm Decline) is present in Palm Beach County and is fatal once symptomatic. Early flagging matters — if lower fronds are browning while the spear stays green, get it looked at before it spreads to neighbouring palms. Book a tree health and risk assessment if you are unsure — it costs less than a removal and often avoids one.
Residential Properties
On residential lots the constraint is almost never the tree — it is what sits under it. Pool cages, screen enclosures, paver driveways and irrigation all change the method. We rig sections down rather than dropping them, mat the drop zone on irrigated turf, and leave the site chipped and blown down the same day. Where an HOA governs the property, we check the architectural rules before any cut.
Commercial, HOA and Property Management
For associations, commercial parks and property managers we issue named-insured certificates of insurance to your management company before mobilising, schedule outside peak amenity hours, and provide board-ready written scopes with photographs so approvals do not stall. Across a portfolio we hold consistent pruning specification and pricing, so the streetscape stays uniform building to building.
Replacement and Replanting
Because we are one fleet, we can remove and replant in the same visit — the right species for the spot, at a sensible distance from structures and hardscape. See tree installation and landscape design for how we choose replacements.
Where We Work
Fastest in Lake Worth Beach and Greenacres, often same or next day. We also cover West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Lantana, Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach and Boca Raton.
Talk to a tree expert. Call (561) 246-3326 or request a free on-site quote. If the tree is down or unsafe right now, use 24/7 emergency tree service.
Trimming Royal Palms (Roystonea regia)
Never Over-Prune
A royal palm holds its own crownshaft — the smooth green column beneath the fronds. Cutting into it, or stripping the crown back past horizontal, permanently weakens the palm. We take only dead and fully browned fronds plus the seed stalks.
Falling Frond Hazard
Royal palm fronds weigh 20 to 50 pounds and drop without warning from 60 feet up. Over a driveway, pool deck or walkway that is a real injury risk, which is why we prioritise royals near where people park and walk.
Lethal Bronzing Watch
Royals are vulnerable to lethal bronzing, spread by planthopper and fatal within months. Lower fronds browning while the spear dies is the early signal — our arborists flag it on every visit, while treatment still works.
Palm Tree Service in Palm Beach County, Florida — Not Texas
To be clear about where we work: Tree Maid is a Florida company, based at 97 W Arch Dr., Greenacres, Florida 33467, serving Palm Beach County, Florida only. We do not operate in Texas.
We mention it because searches for palm tree work in Fort Worth, Texas sometimes surface Florida companies, and the two markets could not be more different. Texas palms are mostly cold-hardy Windmill and Sabal in a climate that freezes. South Florida palms — Royal, Coconut, Queen, Foxtail — are subtropical, grow year round, and face salt exposure, lethal bronzing and hurricanes. The pruning calendar, the species knowledge and the storm work are entirely different disciplines.
Where we actually work
Every city and town in Palm Beach County, Florida — fastest from our yard in Lake Worth Beach and Greenacres, and covering West Palm Beach, Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Lantana, Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton and the surrounding communities.
Florida palm work: Royal Palm, Queen Palm and general palm and tree trimming. Call (561) 246-3326.