Palm tree trimming in New Orleans should remove far less than most homeowners assume. The safe rule is to cut only fully brown, dead fronds and leave anything still holding green, because those fronds are still feeding the tree. Stripping a palm to a narrow tuft, often called a hurricane cut, exposes the growing bud and can leave it more vulnerable to storm damage, not less. For the palm, no season is better than another for routine work.
At TurnKey Tree Cutting, we get called out to palms more often for over-trimming than for neglect. The tall palms scattered across the city are part of what makes New Orleans look like New Orleans,