Palms are relatively easy to transplant when compared to similar-sized broadleaf trees, because many of the issues involved with transplanting broadleaf trees, are never a problem with palm trees due to their different root morphology and architecture.

Transplanting palm trees makes a great instant and dramatic landscape feature. For example mature Canary Island date palms are a very popular species of palm for mature palm tree transplanting. However because traditionally, mature palm tree transplanting is performed using an excavator, crane and a low loader, or float, to remove, transport and relocate palm trees, transplanting a mature palm tree can become very expensive. With our specialised transplanting equipment you can save money because you don’t require a crane, float or excavator and there are no added transport costs.

Tree Transplanting Victoria has a secret weapon, “Shrek” a big green truck mounted Super Spade 2100 which is able to dig out the roo-ball of the palm tree, lift and tilt it, and then transports the tree complete with root ball to the new location. The transported palm tree is then efficiently and effectively transplanted into a previously dug hole at the new location.

The chances of success when transplanting palms is greatly improved by understanding how palm roots grow and respond to being cut, as well as understanding other factors such as the impact of root-ball size, leaf removal and tying, physiological age of the palm, transplanting season, and planting depth, all factors that can have significant impact on the success of palm transplants.