Apical Tree Services

Rodger and his crew did an outstanding job. Removing dead trees and trimming my laurel back. I Highly recommend Apical Tree Services…

These guys were great! I had a damaged tree that needed immediate attention. But most of the other tree service firms that I contacted where booked for the next two months. Rodger was able to squeeze me into the schedule. They performed all of the tree/​shrub removal and left the chips on site at my request.

I have used Apical many times in the past two years (at least 5). I have a ton of trees /​shrubs /​rhodies on my property and I didn’t want a hack job. I started by asking Molbak’s who they recommend. They said to call Plant Amnesty in Seattle. Got three names, and selected Rodger/​Apical. They do a truly wonderful job, come when they say they will, have very competitive rates, and know their stuff. I’ve had them remove trees, prune trees and rhodies, grind stumps and care for ailing trees.

This company may do a good job servicing trees, but one of their employees is so rude and unprofessional that I would advise others not to hire them – after parking their truck in a way that was partially blocking my neighbor’s driveway, one of the guys had the audacity to say «what, do you have something to say to me?» in an extremely rude tone to a neighbor who was observing all of this. For the sake of maintaining good relations with your neighbors, do not hire this company!

Tried to engage Apical, but Andrew (?) was so rude and arrogant, that I realized quickly that I didn’t want to work with him.
I first said that I wanted the top third of our tree cut and he said, «I’m not interested in that! – Why would you want to do that?» I replied, «Well, it’s in the wires and it isn’t healthy. What would you suggest?»
His response, «It’s already been butchered.»
Gee, thanks for your help trying to fix things. I guess I should call a professional.

Roger and Andrew are great. We’ve been customers for about 12 years now, using their services to diagnose and remove sick trees, help reshape previously hacked trees, and do regular maintenance on our large trees. They are quick, friendly, and professional, and really care about the health and aesthetics of the trees.

Great to work with, I recommend these guys to all my friends.

I have a large (maybe even huge) Japanese Maple that I have neglected for thirty years. Its was awful large and I was getting nervous. I was afraid they would recommend removing it completely. Apical came over, had a look, suggested a course of action and quoted a price. They were busy at the time and said they could get to it in about a month or two. I was not sure if they would follow up. About a month later I recieved a call and we arranged a time. They showed up and handled the job in a couple of hours. They worked hard and fast. No wasted talk or time. Removed all the debris. The quoted price was the price paid. The tree is just starting to green up and it looks great. They suggested calling them back again in a couple of years. They did not try to sell up or suggest any kind of a yearly «maintenace» program. This was exactly the service that I was looking for.

I have used these guys for at least 6 years, with them coming out every couple years or so to help manage 2 extremely large trees, each over 45 ft (one cedar and one fir), as well as a host of other smaller trees on our property.
Both Roger and his partner, whose name escapes me at the moment, were and are extremely professional. They understand how to maintain and care for the trees so that they continue to live long healthy lives. In addition, they have a wealth of knowledge about variety, growth pattern, common diseases and how to deal with them.
When we have needed their services quickly, they were able to be there within the day!
I have found them to be lovely people. They have never been rude or unprofessional (as another reviewer suggests). I would recommend them to anyone who cares about the welfare of the trees on their property. I have found their costs completely reasonable for the services rendered.

These guys were rude and unprofessional. I would not use them ever.

We heard about Apical Tree Services from Plant Amnesty (
). Plant Amnesty only recommends people who are ISA Certified in tree pruning and actively concerned about tree welfare (something about not topping trees?).
We have three massive Big Leaf maple trees on our property on a steep hill. Apical Tree Services came by and provided an estimate for our trees to clean-​out the deadwood and clear the lower branches that were too close to the sidewalk. They were very conscious of the privacy that we want to maintain with the tree branches. They worked for quite a few hours with a guy crazy high in our trees cutting out the deadwood, and a man below (who had set up cones to keep passerbys from getting hurt) who would send the branches through a large wood chipper.
They cleaned out a ton of dead wood, and the trees looked fantastic and healthy afterwards. The guy (maybe Andrew?) also walked around the trees with me afterward to explain the health of my trees, and a few problems that I should keep my eye on in the next 5 – 10 years.
Professional and I would totally work with them again!