| uestion is often asked as to when be the right | | | | your yard. Trees that tend to lose sap can be |
| and correct time to “prune” your | | | | best be pruned when they are at their fully leafed |
| trees? This is always a topical and highly relevant | | | | state later in the spring or summer season. |
| important question when it comes to the topic of | | | | The third factor to consider is the presence of |
| tree care – for your yard and garden | | | | insect pests and disease. Some trees may be |
| landscaping – whether it is your city house | | | | made more susceptible to these problems when |
| or rural cottage or chalet. | | | | you injure them by pruning. For this reason, |
| When considering the timeliness of pruning one | | | | species like elm and oak should only be pruned |
| must consider various factors. The correct timing | | | | when dormant, which is typically after their leaves |
| is not always when it is easiest and most | | | | fall and into mild winter. In many jurisdictions, |
| convenient for the landscape artist or technician. | | | | there are prohibitions on pruning elms and oaks |
| The first factor to consider is that every pruning | | | | during their growing seasons. |
| cut on a living branch is a direct insult and injury | | | | Generally most flowering trees can be pruned |
| to that plant is it tree, bush or shrub. These | | | | right after they flower to allowing new flower |
| wounds take away energy from the plants vital | | | | buds to set. Pruning these trees too late can |
| stores and reserves. Pruning wounds will cause | | | | result in poor flowing response the following |
| the tree to use energy to contain the decay that | | | | growing season year. |
| is caused by injuring the tree and as well in the | | | | It has been found that with many deciduous |
| repair process. Nothing is for nothing and so it is | | | | trees, the later you wait to prune them, in the |
| with tree care and growth.. Make it a general | | | | winter season, the greater the amount of |
| overall rule to prune only the bare minimum | | | | adventitious shoots you will develop the following |
| amount needed. Experience of millennia of | | | | year. If you prune these trees later in the season |
| professional landscapers has shown that pruning | | | | – best in fall or late summer you will find |
| excessively will result in permanent injury to the | | | | that these succulent shoots are less likely to avail |
| tree or plant trimmed. As well in the future | | | | themselves in your yard. |
| increased frequencies of corrective pruning and | | | | Spruce trees and most pine trees can be pruned |
| landscaping will most likely be needed and required. | | | | in the spring time when they are generally putting |
| These later repairs would otherwise may not | | | | out new growth. Generally most evergreen |
| have been required. | | | | conifers follow this rule and should not be pruned |
| The second factor to consider is the actual | | | | from mid summer until the fall weather cools off. |
| species of the tree. It is well known that various | | | | Finally, it is important that you’re |
| trees have different growth patterns that affect | | | | landscaping tools and utensils are sharp and up to |
| the time of year that you can successfully prune | | | | the job. Cuts larger than ¾ of an inch |
| the tree. Trees like maple, willow and birch should | | | | should be performed with a sharp saw. If the cut |
| not be pruned late in the year – in the | | | | is below ¼ of an inch then the preferred |
| winter seasons and as well in the early springtime | | | | tool are “bypass pruning shears”. |
| seasons. Pruning willow , maple and birch trees at | | | | All in all, prune your landscape trees, shrubs and |
| these times will cause them to lose copious | | | | plants correctly and at the appropriate time of |
| amounts of sap liquid , that while it does slightly | | | | the year for the species of plant. |
| weaken the trees , will leave a sticky mess in | | | | |