For many landowners and conservationists, rhododendrons are a massive challenge that are difficult to contend with. Although they are aesthetically pleasing and beautiful to look at, they are well-known for wreaking havoc on our ecosystems. Once they grow unmanaged, they have the capability to have an adverse impact on local wildlife, native flora, and spread disease.
Here at TreeClear UK, we provide dedicated rhododendron clearance and removal using effective methods to completely eliminate rhododendrons and prevent regrowth.
As rhododendrons grow rapidly, it’s simply not enough to remove them using traditional means such as hand cutting, especially in larger forest or woodland areas where native habitats can be disrupted.
However here at Treeclear we have devised a more efficient method that is extremely effective at eradicating rhododendrons and greatly reducing the amount of regeneration compared to traditional methods.
Call at 07813 140 683 or use the contact form to request your quotation for rhododendron removal.
Understanding the Rhododendron Problem
Invasive rhododendrons, especially Rhododendron ponticum, are extremely difficult to control and manage. Rhododendron is extremely fast-growing and once established, native plants and trees struggle to battle this menace and cannot grow due to the lack of light through its thick canopy.
When native plants and grasses disappear, animals, insects and butterflies cannot survive, and our important biodiversity is lost. Lack of management and control has allowed Rhododendron to invade large areas of woodland, wetland, heathland and countryside across the UK. Not only that, Rhododendron ponticum can also harbour disease, causing the spread of Phytophthora ramorum which in turn can be transmitted to other species.
Eradicate rhododendron from your site, woodland, nature reserve, or shooting estate for good with the Treeclear system!
Treeclear has developed a mulching system that enables us to flail the rhododendron down into the ground that rips and smashes the main stump and root system that reduces the amount of regeneration in subsequent seasons.
Not only that, our system smashes and mulches the woody vegetation into small pieces leaving the site, clean and tidy with the residue remaining on site to act as a mulch.
Traditional methods are:
- Not cost effective
- Take too long
- Unrealistic goals
- High chance of regeneration
Traditional methods such as hand cutting and burning are not cost effective as the time required to physically clear areas are not viable.
- Removing the stumps – extremely time consuming and costly
- Stump grinding – not practical with poor results
- Stem injection – Slow and costly
Using the Treeclear system with a follow up programme we can eradicate rhododendron from your land for good. The season after we have flailed your rhododendron we recommend a return visit to site to assess the re-growth (this will be limited) and put forward a management proposal to control this.
