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1 Landscape Pruning Why we prune How to prune When we prune

2 Why we prune Health of tree Maintain size and shape Aesthetics Promote flowering and fruiting

3 Increase Property Values!

4 Pruning Step by Step 1. Assess 2. Remove dead, diseased and broken branches 3. Remove crossing branches 4. Remove suckers and watersprouts 5. Reduce size if needed 6. Thin as needed 7. Final shaping cuts for aesthetic purposes

5 Step 1 - Assess Blocking walkways Blocking Views Open up to let sun and expose interest branching structur

6 Thin! Assess

7 Step 2 - Remove Deadwood

8 Step 2 - Remove Disease Diseased Black Knot fungus on cherry branch Healthy Scratch test

9 Fire Blight on Apple or Pear Resources Botanical Garden Garden Centers

10 Sanitation 10% 90% Some plant diseases can be spread with pruners

11 Step 3 - Eliminate crossing branches Rubbing wears away protective bark

12 Which one goes?

13 What s the ultimate goal?

14 Step 4 Remove Watersprouts and Suckers Grafts

15 Watersprouts on stressed cherry tree in Lakewood Park

16 Step 5 Reduction cuts

17 A B C Reduction cuts on Buckeye at Holden Arbor Don t take off more than a third of the cano

18

19 Yews Open them up so sunlight can penetrate

20 Hedges Good Shape Not as Good

21 Good shape so sunlight can hit all parts of the shrub

22 Stimulating Lateral Growth by removing the central stem

23 Redirecting growth Prune back to an outwardly facing branch or bud

24 Which way do we want it to grow?

25 Redirecting growth based on where we make our cuts

26

27 Types of Branching Maples, Buckeyes, Ash, Dogwood, Catalpa Most other large trees

28 Cutting branches that are opposite Red Twig Dogwood

29 Small Space Options Espaliered Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

30 Where s the Sun?

31 Where s the Sun? Exposure to sunlight will affect growth

32 Step 6 Thin as needed

33 Japanese Maple too flat and congested

34 After a couple years of pruning

35 Removing up to a third of old wood Lilac Forsythia Viburnum Rose of Sharon Burning Bush Weigela Mahonia Mock Orange

36 Rejuvination Pruning Red Twig Dogwoods, Spirea, Potentilla, smokebush and shrubby willows can be cut to the ground!

37 Get them off to a good start! arborday.org

38 How long should my tree live? 4,000-year-old+ Bristlecone Pine But urban trees average only about 10 years because of poor conditions and abuse

39 Develop strong branch angles on shade trees early Strong Weak

40 Competing Leaders Snip them off while they are small

41 Red Maple needs a cable because a weak crotch angle was allowed to develop

42 Branches equally distributed around trunk

43 Replacing a Broken Central Leader Bending

44 More Bending

45 Peter Cook s living artwork Even More Bending!

46 Cut willow twigs used in a winter display

47 Willow twigs root easily

48 The new willow is then fun to bend and prune into various shapes

49 But difficult to reduce Pruning Conifers Pinch back new growth to maintain size

50 Prune for Aesthetics

51 Making Pruning Cuts

52 Where is the Branch Collar?

53

54 Where is the Branch Collar?

55 Making Heavier Cuts

56 Oops!

57 Making Heavier Cuts

58 ld cuts sealing over

59

60 Avoid Stub Cuts

61 This part will die Avoid Stub Cuts

62 Avoid Stub Cuts Where is the branch collar?

63 Avoid Topping Results

64 Exception

65 Caution!

66 Finding the right tree company City list of Registered Tree Contractors

67 Bypass Pruners Proper Tools Anvil Pruners

68 More Tools

69 Prune to encourage flowering & fruiting

70 Prune to maximize fruiting

71 Prune to Promote Flowering

72 Grapes

73 When to Prune?

74 Flower Bud Set Hydrangeas

75 What s my shrub? Apps Keys LeafSnap for IPhone Like that Garden for Android Virginia Tech Tree ID Key online

76 Plants that bloom on old wood Prior to July 1

77 Lilac pruned too late in the season Forsythia flower buds survived the cold winter under the cover of

78 A zone 6 plant should be able to survive cold winters down to -10 degrees

79 Plants that bloom on new growth Generally after July 1

80 Summer pruning can increase Oak Wilt (coat wound with latex paint to deter the beetle) Fire Blight on Apples, Pears and Hawthorns Stem Cankers on Honey Locusts chances of disease

81 Final Thoughts Plant at the right depth

82 Final Thoughts Mulch the ground not the tree trunks Results!

83 Final Thoughts Roots should emerge straight out from around the trunk

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86 Beauty Cleaner healthier people w live long Less stormwa runoff in Lake Erie Shaded house sa up to 30 on summ energy costs Higher property values

87 Promoting a greener, healthier and more vibrant community KEEP Lakewood BEAUTIFUL Cleveland Botanical Garden/Holden Arboretum rrensel@cbgarden.org Lakewood Forestry Division (216) Onelakewood.com Chris.Perry@lakewoodoh.net

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