Tree guides for Lakeland homeowners
Plain-language answers to the questions we hear most: what removal costs here, whether you need a permit, how to get the trees ready for hurricane season, what to do about a beetle-hit pine, a lightning-struck tree, and a palm that's gone bronze.

Tree removal cost in Lakeland
2026 prices by size and species, crane and stump add-ons, and what moves the number.
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Do you need a permit in Lakeland?
The one-acre line, F.S. 163.045, the right-of-way, and the other Polk cities' rules.
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Hurricane tree prep in Polk County
What 2004, Irma, Ian and Milton taught us, which species survive, and the May checklist.
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Pine bark beetles: save or remove?
Ips, black turpentine and the needle-color rule for Polk's slash pines.
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Lightning-struck trees
Polk led the nation in strikes in 2025. What a strike does, and when a struck tree can stay.
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Lethal bronzing in Polk palms
The disease killing sabals and queens, how to spot it, and what to do for the neighbors.
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