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They would just feel guilty if they chopped down a large tree or shrub, even if it is an annual pruning nuisance.
For most foundation plants, especially evergreens, late winter is an ideal time to prune. Pruning wounds will heal quickly and be covered by new growth in a few weeks.
Flowering shrubs need a little more consideration. Spring flowering shrubs like azaleas and forsythia should be primed after flowering. Pruning now would remove the flowers. They will set next year’s flower buds on wood that grows this summer. Flowering shrubs that bloom in mid- and late summer can be pruned now because they will flower on this year’s growth.
There are two basic types of pruning cuts, although each has several variations. A thinning cut removes a whole branch from a tree or shrub, either at the trunk, the ground or at a junction with another branch. A tree pruned with thinning cuts retains its natural shape.
A heading cut removes just a portion of a branch, and is often used to reduce the height of a plant. The shearing of a hedge is an example of using heading cuts. Heading cuts promote a flush of growth near the priming site. For hedges, the result is usually favorable,
See PRUNING, Page 30
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