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Deciduous Ornamental Trees Deciduous Ornamental Trees: Alan's Pruning Guide Alan's Pruning Guide
Deciduous Ornamental Trees Deciduous Ornamental Trees: Alan's Pruning Guide Alan's Pruning Guide
Deciduous Ornamental Trees Deciduous Ornamental Trees: Alan's Pruning Guide Alan's Pruning Guide
Deciduous
ornamental trees
If a tree is growing well, odd ones growing out at
is not casting too much an angle can be pruned into
shade, is shapely and within shape now, and any dead
bounds, leave it alone. If it’s branches removed.
a Japanese maple, leave it If you want to lift the
alone. And if it’s a magnolia, crown of the tree to allow
leave it alone – unless you’re more light in beneath it,
happy to have a butchered remove some of the lower
monstrosity that shouldn’t branches completely, cutting
have been planted there in back quite close (but not
the first place. Sorry, bit of flush) with the main trunk.
a sore point… butchered Leave a ‘knuckle’ of growth,
magnolias make me fume. which will callus over more
If you must do it, cut out one quickly than a flush cut.
or two stems entirely rather Trees grown for their
than chopping them back. ornamental foliage can be
Other trees that have lightly trimmed all over, but
misplaced branches or be wary of creating lollipops.
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