This part of Texas isn't supposed to freeze hard, yet every so often an ice storm glazes Pflugerville overnight, and by morning the live oaks and pecans stand bowed under clear armor, limbs letting go with a crack like splitting kindling. Phillips Trio Tree Service does the work those trees ask for: trimming, pruning, and taking out damaged or hazardous limbs before the next storm finds them. In gentler seasons the job is about balance and form, raising branches clear of the roof and the driveway and shaping young trees so they grow up sturdy. A tree cared for this way repays the effort summer after summer, with shade over a back patio and a strong silhouette at the edge of the yard. Big trees give a neighborhood its sense of permanence, and keeping them sound keeps it.