What are replacement costs for trees killed by hurricane?
From: Pearland Question: We had a 23-year-old elm tree in our front yard that was uprooted from Hurricane Ike (about 50 feet tall). Can you tell us what the replacement costs for that would be? Also we had a 20-foot live oak and a 15-foot fig tree. Do you know what those would cost to replace? Thanks so much! Answer: We are so very sorry about the loss of your trees. While we can provide you with some appropriate replacement suggestions for your trees, estimating expense is not possible. To begin with, you are not going to be able to purchase (or probably afford) an actual size for size replacement. A 20-foot live oak would require special equipment for transplanting and still probably find it difficult to survive. Because of that, we would not know what size tree you might eventually select. Pricing is going to vary widely from area to area, and even between two nurseries down the street from each other. And since we only sell plants twice a year in our plant sales, we have only stand
