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Monthly Archives: October 2014

What time of year should I have a tree surgeon prune my trees and shrubs?

Pruning a tree or shrub involves removing specific branches to benefit the tree as a whole. It is important to know the best tpruning trees in BIllericay Essexime to prune before you start, which is one of the reasons it is often wise to employ a tree surgeon. Different kinds of trees and shrubs require different care, and there is no one single rule of thumb for when to prune.

Pruning at the right time of year keeps your plants healthy, beautiful and productive. The proper pruning times of common garden trees and shrubs are outlined below.

First off, why are you pruning … continue reading

Excessive Pruning Of Trees And The Damage It Causes

Seen through my work through Europe I have found that they don’t do a lot of heavy reductions on trees. Trees are toleratedwhen to pruune an oak tree and enjoyed in their natural state. However, in England we have a long history of managing trees and the countryside, we love to over-prune trees.

Everywhere you go, this has now become in peoples perceptions the norm of how a tree should be managed or looked after. This is incorrect, we are consistently stressing the tree out and by the time it recovers and puts on it’s regrowth we are then repeating the cycle. If a … continue reading