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