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Trimming Trees And Pruning Shrubs

All woody landscape plants need to be periodically pruned. Whether you've got shrubs, fruit trees, mature trees, or young trees, COMPANY NAME can handle every one of your pruning needs. See below for additional information on pruning and all that it entails.

Mature trees require pruning to eliminate dead and dying branches and keep them healthy and safe overall. This is commonly called cleaning. Documented research shows that thinning, or reducing density by removing live branches, limits both wind resistance and subsequent damages caused by storms.

Only when the crowns of trees are overly dense should thinning be performed. A trained and experienced COMPANY NAME SHORT arborist will have the best ability to evaluate this particular attribute. Thinning must be focused on the outer canopy portions so that the largest possible number of living branches is left at the interior crown.

There are times when either single branches or the crown need to be reduced in length. This refines the shape and form of plants, prevents interference with structures and objects, and compensates for any structural weakness.

Lower branches may need to be pruned for the same or similar reasons. This is called raising, and it can be used to promote a greater abundance of light beneath a tree's crown.

COMPANY NAME SHORT arborists have the necessary training for accurately assessing the condition of trees. They can decide which trimming services are best for meeting your goals and for keeping your plants safe and healthy.

Pruning Young Trees

Trees evolved in dense forests where they would grow straight and tall while gradually losing low-sitting branches in their efforts to compete for light effectively. When trees are planted in full sun in landscaped areas, many tree species tend to develop large numbers of leaders or stems. These growths tend to be prone to failure.

Lower branches often grow at the same pace as terminal leaders. Side branching commonly leads to weak attachments that have a high likelihood of falling further on in a plant's life. Thus, caring for trees while still young and when growth is occurring at a rapid rate is vital for ensuring a robust framework capable of supporting future growth. This pruning manner uses cuts for maintaining a dominant stem at the origin point unless tree owners would rather have multiple "clumps" of stems instead.

Pruning is done so that branch sizes continue to be proportionate to the stem's diameter at the point at which they're attached. With continued growth, additional tree branches may be removed to maintain sufficient space between scaffold limbs that are permanent. Tree shapes are maintained to ensure a natural open form that's typical of the individual tree species.

Many consumers are surprised to discover that COMPANY NAME specializes in shrub pruning. But if we regularly prune trees that are 75' tall, taking good care of Rhododendron at the foundation planting is a small thing in comparison.

Pruning and sheering are frequently confused by both landscape professionals and homeowners: these are two incredibly different practices that produce dramatically different results.

Every time shearing is performed, it takes away a small amount of new growth. This ultimately produces an artificial shape as opposed to preserving the natural plant form. Shearing results in a formal appearance that includes a dense outer foliage shell with little growth at the crown interior. 

Given that only a small amount of new growth is taken off, the plant will continue to increase in size each year. This means that as time goes on, a plant can actually outgrow its space.

Both old growths and new shoots are taken off during pruning. Given that cuts slice deeply into the crown, a plant will have a more natural and looser informal look that can be preserved according to the plant's variety or species. Because older branches are removed during pruning, specific space allotments can be maintained between branches.

Shearing services work well for both hedges and formal gardens. However, for individual plants, the best technique for sustaining their health and aesthetics over the longer term is always pruning.