Pruning is the most common tree maintenance procedure. Although forest trees grow quite well with only nature’s pruning, landscape trees require a higher level of care to maintain their structural integrity and aesthetics. Pruning must be done with an understanding of tree biology.
Pruning Services
Clean
Selective pruning to remove one or more of the following parts: dead, disease, and/or broken branches. Unless noted otherwise, all cleaning will be of branches one inch or greater throughout the entire crown.
Crown
The leaves and branches of a tree measured from lowest branch on the trunk to the top of the tree.
Raise
Selective pruning to provide vertical clearance.
Reduce
Selective pruning to decrease height and or spread by removing specified branches.
Restore
Selective pruning to improve the structure, form, and appearance of trees that have been severely headed, vandalized or damaged.
Structural Pruning
Pruning to improve branch architecture and structural integrity of the tree.
Thin
Selective pruning to reduce density of live branches, usually by removing entire branches.
Vista Pruning
Selective pruning to allow a specific view, usually by creating view “windows” through the trees crown.
Subordination
Pruning to reduce the size and ensuring growth rate of a branch or leader in relation to other branches or leaders.
Pollarding
Pruning method in which tree branches are initially headed and then reduced on a regular basis without disturbing the callus knob.
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