Hedge & Shrub Removal in Jonesboro, AR
The hedge planted when the house was built in the seventies now owns the front of the place — swallowing windows, shading the gardenia bed to death, and flopping onto the sidewalk every time a storm rolls through. Whether it's a single overgrown shrub or a fifty-foot ligustrum wall, we take it out clean, roots and all.
Common Northeast Arkansas Problems
- Overgrown ligustrum and privet walls. The default "build a hedge fast" choice for decades, now fifteen feet tall and woody to the core. These are the big jobs we see all over older Jonesboro neighborhoods.
- Invasive bush honeysuckle. It escaped cultivation years ago and now fills fence rows, creek edges, and shaded back corners across Craighead County. Cut it without dealing with the roots and it's back in two seasons — ask us about getting it gone for good.
- Leggy forsythia and overgrown foundation plantings. Pretty for five years, then a bare-stemmed thicket blooming on last year's wood. Sometimes a hard rejuvenation prune brings them back; sometimes the honest answer is replacement.
- Azalea beds under mature trees. The tree that was a sapling when the azaleas went in now closes the canopy overhead, and the bed declines year after year. We clear the bed, deal with the shade reality, and replant with something that actually belongs there.
- Storm-cracked shrubs. Spring squall lines split open junipers and flatten arborvitae that were already too tall and soft-wooded. Cleanup and replacement advice come together.
Removal or Rejuvenation? Straight Advice.
Privet and forsythia in decent health can often be hard-pruned nearly to the ground and grow back dense — it's brutal-looking for a season and then genuinely renewed. We'll tell you when that's the smarter money and when the shrubs are too far gone, too woody, or too wrongly placed to save. A hedge planted two feet from the gas meter run or crowding the AC condenser doesn't need a prune; it needs a plan. We'd rather sell you a $150 rejuvenation than a $900 removal you didn't need — that's how repeat customers happen.
How We Remove
Cut, dig or grind, chip, and level — in that order, and carefully. We cut shrubs to workable sections, then dig out root balls or grind larger, woodier root systems flush. Everything chips on site or loads straight into the truck; the bed gets raked and leveled, not left as a root-ball moonscape. Around foundations, sprinkler lines, gas meter runs, and cable drops we work by hand, not by machine. And if you want the bed replanted, we leave the spacing right — so you're not calling us again about the same wall in fifteen years, just on the neighbor's side this time.
What to Replant
After removal is the one moment you get to choose correctly. In our heat and clay, the winners are region-appropriate and right-sized: dwarf yaupon holly for a low, tidy evergreen edge; gardenia or dwarf burford holly for foundation beds with some breathing room; native options like inkberry where you want something that belongs here. We advise on what fits the light the tree canopy actually leaves you — not the light the plant tag hopes for.
Hedge & Shrub Removal Prices (2026)
| Job | Typical Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Single shrub removal | $50–$150 | Root ball out, area leveled |
| Hedge line removal | $200–$600 | Depends on length, size, and access |
| Full bed cleanout | $300–$900 | Includes invasive root chase and disposal |
Bundle it with other work and the trip charge disappears — most shrub jobs ride along with a trimming or removal visit for one combined price. See the full pricing guide.
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Shrub work rarely happens alone: the big tree that starved the azalea bed, a full fence-line cleanup, or the replanting plan that makes the yard make sense again.