Perth is palm country — and palms are their own job
Drive through Innaloo, Scarborough or Doubleview and you will see them everywhere: towering cotton palms (Washingtonia) and stout Canary Island date palms standing over front yards, pools and verges. They suit Perth's warm, coastal, Mediterranean climate — but they shed constantly, grow fast, and are a genuinely specialised job that a lot of general tree loppers quietly skip.
Innaloo Tree Loppers and Tree Removal connects you with local crews who actually do palms properly — from a routine clean-up to a full take-down — working from our Osborne Park base on Scarborough Beach Road. Rated 5.0 from 9 Google reviews.
What palm work covers
- Dead-frond & seed-pod removal — clearing the hanging dead fronds and heavy seed pods that block gutters, drop in wind and self-seed across the garden.
- Skirting / de-thatching — cutting back the skirt of old fronds to a clean, tidy crown.
- Skinning — peeling the old leaf bases off a cotton palm's trunk for a smooth, finished look.
- Full palm removal — climbing and dismantling tall palms in sections, lowered piece by piece, then grinding or removing the base.
Why it is specialist work
A mature cotton palm can top 20 metres, and its dead fronds and seed pods become dangerous projectiles under the strong coastal winds and winter storm fronts that hit the northern suburbs. Canary Island date palms add another hazard — long, needle-sharp spines at the frond bases that can cause serious infections if mishandled. This is climbing-and-rigging work for experienced, insured, properly equipped crews, not a ladder-and-hope weekend job. The local specialists we work with are set up for exactly this, and they quote the price upfront.
"Efficient and straightforward service with very reasonable rates." — Google review
Once a palm is out, stump grinding clears the base for good, and for your other trees we handle tree pruning, tree lopping and full tree removal.
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Call (08) 7544 1984 for a fast, free palm-trimming or removal quote.
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Learn more →Frequently asked questions
Why do cotton palms need trimming so often?
Washingtonia (cotton) palms grow fast and constantly shed dead fronds and heavy seed pods that drop in wind, block gutters and self-seed all over the garden. An annual clean-up — removing dead fronds, seed pods and loose fibre — keeps them tidy and safe, especially before the windy season off Scarborough.
Can you remove a very tall palm in a tight spot?
Yes. Tall cotton and date palms are climbed and taken down in sections, with each piece lowered rather than dropped, so nothing near fences, pools or the house is damaged. The insured crews we connect you with do this routinely on Perth's built-up northern-suburbs blocks.
Are Canary Island date palms dangerous to trim?
They can be. Canary Island date palms carry long, needle-sharp spines at the frond base that can cause nasty infections, so they need experienced, properly equipped handlers — not a DIY ladder job. That is exactly the kind of work the local specialists we work with are set up for.