Plants We Prune:

• • • • • Bushes
        • Shrubs
        • Hedges
        • Ornamental Grasses
        • Perennials Removing Spent Blooms and Last Year’s Growth Removal
        • Trees up to 6′ Tall

Pruning

The idea behind pruning is to remove loose or dead branches. Removing these branches allows the shrub’s flowers to flourish. This allows rainwater and sunlight to penetrate the canopy, allowing the rain to reach the ground and the sunlight to encourage growth on the lower branches. Pruning is not meant to stunt growth, but to stimulate the tree. The elimination of diseased or pest-infested branches are other reasons gardeners prune their trees.

Trimming

Trimming involves tidying up a small shrub or hedge’s appearance by removing overgrown branches. While pruning focuses on safety and a tree’s health, gardeners usually trim shrubs and hedges for aesthetic purposes. However, excessive overgrowth is harmful since it reduces the amount of moisture and light a shrub receives, so gardeners should trim a shrub at least twice per year to prevent this from happening.

Pruning Frequency

The required frequency for pruning or trimming varies among plant species. Spring flowering shrubs need pruning immediately following the trees’ blooming cycle. Winter and spring are appropriate pruning periods for summer flowering shrubs. The most appropriate periods for trimming depends on a shrub or hedge’s appearance, rather than its health or flowering cycles.

Pruning and Trimming Tools

Two types of shears are available for pruning: hand shears and lopping shears.  Hand shears are meant to be handled with one hand and are primarily used for removing small, easy to remove buds and leaves. Lopping shears have 1- to 2-foot long handles and are meant for cutting off thick branches. Both types of shears are viable options for trimming shrubs and hedges. A hedge trimmer is used for trimming a hedge’s branches.

We also Trim and Edge Lawns

If you are interested in our pruning services, you might also like our lawn mowing service which includes trimming the grass around obstacles in your lawn along with the mowing of the grass with the mower.  We also edge all borders your grass has with concrete such as along your driveway, sidewalks, and patios.  We will also blow it all off and leave it looking great before we leave and hopefully before you come home from work!