Coates came and pruned the cottonwood and two of the junipers -- the tall skinny one by the garage door which was getting top heavy and the spreading Pfitzer juniper which was encroaching over onto the driveway.
Not inexpensive -- $1,900. Several guys were here for two hours. They did a nice enough job.
I was really hoping they could trim the spreading juniper by the driveway to look natural and I was concerned about getting it off the driveway. But neither was possible.
They did what they could, but it's not much of a difference, except it looks rounder. It does have a subtle shaped curve now. But instead of pruning out the bottom to keep a slightly arched look, they pruned the top edge and left the bottom still well out over the driveway.
So while it looks natural enough, the shape is heavy at the bottom where I had wanted it pruned, and more rounded at the top where I liked the upward spray of branches. It's the reverse of what I wanted.
I'm wondering if I can now try to do some more shaping at the bottom without exposing brown stems -- I can try a bit.
It's less daunting than the thought of a total pruning job myself. At least a lot of it is done and carted away.
← But the tall skinny juniper by the garage door was well pruned. It's still an awkward tree in an unsuitable place, but it looks much better.
The cottonwood looks better too, although it is hard to tell until the leaves come out, and it is unfortunately lopsided from the slime flux problem on one side.
But they cleaned up the look quite a bit.