Windsor Bamboo Removal & Yucca Removal
Bamboo and yucca removed at the root in Windsor so they never come back — paving, pipes and footings protected.
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- 16+ years
Bamboo removal and yucca removal in Windsor, done properly
Aps Tree Removal has cleared bamboo and yucca from Windsor gardens for over 16 years — bamboo screens that have run under the fence into next door, and yuccas that have grown into a 4 m clump against the house and started lifting the paving. Fully insured and led by a qualified arborist.
The nearest suburbs we also cover are Prahran (about a kilometre), St Kilda (about a kilometre), Balaclava (2 km), so a job in Windsor is often paired with one next door. 1 of the reviews on this site are from customers in Prahran, St Kilda and Balaclava, next door to Windsor.
For bamboo we cut the culms to the ground and chip them, then excavate the rhizome mass — by hand along fences and pipes, by machine where there is room — following runners out to their ends. Clumping bamboo lifts out as one root ball; running bamboo means chasing rhizomes, sometimes under a path or into the neighbour’s side. What comes out goes on the truck, not into your green bin.
A yucca is cut down first — heads bagged, trunks sectioned — and then the root ball is excavated. A mature clump has a root mass the size of a wheelbarrow, often wrapped around a sewer line or pressing on a footing, so around anything that matters we dig by hand and lift it out in pieces.
Bamboo Removal & Yucca Removal in Windsor — what we do
Bamboo removal
Culms chipped, rhizomes excavated and followed to the end.
Bamboo pruning & barriers
Screens thinned and reduced; root barrier where you keep it.
Yucca removal
Heads, trunks and the whole root ball out, by hand where needed.
Pipes & paving protected
Hand digging around footings, sewer lines and pavers.
A tip from Api
Never put bamboo or yucca offcuts in a compost heap or a green bin you will empty on the garden: both root from fragments. We take everything away for exactly that reason.
The full service pages: Bamboo Pruning & Removal and Yucca Removal — every one available in Windsor.
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Do you need a permit to remove a tree in Windsor?
Windsor is in the City of Stonnington area, and that decides whether a permit is needed before a tree comes down.
Stonnington’s General Local Law protects significant trees on private land: a tree or palm 140 cm or more in circumference at 1.4 m above its base, one whose trunks total 140 cm at that height, one 180 cm or more around at the base, or any tree on the Significant Tree Register. Removing, pruning, or carrying out works inside the Tree Protection Zone — building, excavation, trenching, filling, storing materials — needs a Tree Works Permit, and removal without one is fined.
The application takes a location sketch and at least two photographs; only the owner (or someone with the owner’s written authority) can apply. For an urgent removal, a qualified arborist’s assessment is emailed to the council first.
Since September 2025 a planning permit can also be needed in the residential zones under the state canopy-tree clause, even with no overlay on the land; the council’s permit finder walks through both.
Source: City of Stonnington — trees on private property, 8290 1333. Read 13 September 2026; councils change their local laws, so Api checks the current rule when he quotes.
Across Victoria since 15 September 2025
Clause 52.37 Canopy Trees
A canopy tree is a tree more than 5 m tall, with a trunk circumference over 0.5 m at 1.4 m above the ground and a canopy at least 4 m across. In a residential zone a planning permit is needed to remove, destroy or lop one in a residential zone if the lot is vacant, or, where there is an existing house, if any part of the trunk is within 6 m of the narrowest street frontage or 4.5 m of the rear boundary.
Dead trees, emergency and safety works, maintenance pruning and listed weed species are exempt; councils usually condition a permit on planting a replacement canopy tree, and most decide these through VicSmart in about ten business days.
What this means for you: tell Api where the tree sits on the block and he will tell you whether a permit is needed before anything is cut — and where one is, we can prepare the arborist assessment the application needs.
Bamboo & yucca jobs by Api and the crew
Real jobs, real photos — Api, the crew and the truck, across Melbourne’s inner east. Nothing staged, nothing stock.
What customers near Windsor say
Katrina S
Armadale · July 2022
Prompt, efficient, knowledgeable and easy to deal with
Bamboo & yucca around Windsor
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What clients across Melbourne’s inner east say
Jane Liu
8 Sept 2026
Api and the team are very reliable and professional, and they always get the job done to a high standard. Their prices are reasonable, and their servi…
John GB Cia
2 Sept 2026
I had 2 gigantic yuccas removed by Api and I am very happy with their service. Im talking about huge trees, taller than my single storey home and more…
Geoff Blake
11 June 2026
We recently had tree works completed at our property and were extremely impressed with the entire process. Api and the team was punctual, professional…
Marilyn Evans
11 Feb 2026
API came saw and removed a large tree growing up against the house. No damage to the house and all the stump removed. Prompt and efficient. Sorry it w…
Robert Wise
14 Nov 2025
Api and the team did a great job removing our yucca’s and a fallen date palm that had been on its side for 4 years. Highly recommend APS Trees for qui…
PJ Maroney
13 Nov 2025
I highly recommend Api and his team. They came out to assess our job in werribee within a couple of hours of my request and offered the best most reas…
Mia C
26 Oct 2025
Api from APS Tree Removal was amazing! He removed our dying bamboo hedge and trimmed our other hedge beautifully. He was professional, friendly, and v…
Wayne J
18 Oct 2025
Api came this morning to give me a quote to remove 2 large Yuccas. His quote was more than competitive and after accepting his quote he was back this…
Mey Chua
17 Oct 2025
Api is really good with his work and prompt with his time, did everything so efficiently! He is the person to go to for tree removal! 😀
Adrian Brown
21 Sept 2025
Aps Tree Removal is a fantastic company. Apineru and his guys are great. Turned up on time. Did the work very professionally. They cleaned up after th…
Craig W
12 Sept 2025
Api and his crew did a brilliant job of removing two trees and a heap of yuccas etc. Highly recommended.
Shelley Lask
10 Sept 2025
Api and his team removed my cocos palm - they arrived when they said they would, communicated clearly and left the area cleaner than when they arrived…
Windsor Bamboo Removal & Yucca Removal — common questions
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Windsor?
Yes, for a significant tree — 140 cm or more around the trunk at 1.4 m (trunks added together for a multi-stem tree), 180 cm at the base, or a tree on the Significant Tree Register: Stonnington requires a Tree Works Permit to prune or remove it, or to dig or build inside its root zone. Residential-zone canopy trees near a boundary need a planning permit under the state clause. Across Victoria, Clause 52.37 Canopy Trees also applies since 15 September 2025: a planning permit is needed to remove, destroy or lop one in a residential zone if the lot is vacant, or, where there is an existing house, if any part of the trunk is within 6 m of the narrowest street frontage or 4.5 m of the rear boundary. Api checks both at the quote.
How much does bamboo & yucca cost in Windsor?
Size, spread and access. Removing the roots is most of the work, so a plant that has been in the ground for years costs more than one planted recently — but it is a one-off cost, where cutting it back is a yearly one. Call 0422 856 090 for a free quote.
How long does it take?
Usually within a week or two of the quote. Bamboo is best removed when the ground is soft enough to dig — autumn to spring in Windsor.
Can you get in if the access is tight?
Yes — tight access is the normal case for this work and the quote allows for it.
What happens to the waste?
Taken away in full. Bamboo chip is not left as mulch — it is too easy for a piece of rhizome to hide in it.
Will the bamboo or yucca come back after you remove it?
Not if the roots come out, which is the whole point of how we do it. Bamboo can send up an odd shoot from a missed rhizome fragment in the first season; yucca can do the same from a piece of root. Both are easy to deal with when they are small, and we will come back if it happens.