Tree maintenance is essential for a safe and beautiful yard, but one of the most common trimming techniques could actually be shortening the life of your trees. "Topping" is the practice of cutting ...

There are a variety of reasons you may want to prune your plants or trees, from keeping them to a certain shape or size, to promoting fuller growth and more buds. But before you start snipping away, ...

Tree pruning, the removal of unwanted branches and twigs, is crucial for maintaining the health and structure of trees. Pruning can technically be done at any point of the year, but it is ideal from ...

LJR Tree Services Inc . takes immense pride in offering premium tree care solutions to enhance the health and aesthetics of your outdoor space. With a dedicated team of arborists and a commitment to ...

Tree topping – when the entire top of a tree is cut off – seems to have become a preferred method of tree pruning. Beauty is certainly in the eyes of the beholder, but is it good or bad for the tree?

Pruning is defined as the manual removal of branches to alter a plant’s health and form. It's a term most often used when discussing the care of trees and woody shrubs. Since most home gardens include ...

An unsatisfactory approach to tree maintenance or pruning is “topping” it. Topping is the indiscriminant removal of branches of a tree above an arbitrary height, leaving unnatural, grotesque stubs and ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

Connie Hoge is the chairwoman of the Carroll County Forest Conservancy District Board, a volunteer auxiliary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service. An adamant admirer of trees ...

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