Tree Pruning, Cutting & Trimming Service
Crazy Willow Tree Services estimators can provide recommendations based on your specific needs. Every tree is different and the goals for each customer and their trees vary. Our arborists have expert opinions and only recommend the best pruning methods for our customer’s trees.
Tree trimming is often a required component in keeping a healthy and flourishing collection of trees that compliment your overall landscape design. Not only will having healthy trees improve the overall look and feel of your property, but mature trees, along with a manicured lawn, will often times increase property value.
Trees need to be trimmed for a variety of reasons:
To remove dangerous, diseased or dead limbs
Thin the crown to allow sunlight and air circulation
Raise the crown to remove obstructive branches
To reduce the height of the tree
Tree Pruning Methods
Crown Cleaning
Crown Cleaning a tree involves pruning the deadwood, diseased, and dying limbs out of the canopy of a tree. This type of pruning is extremely beneficial for the health and promotes longevity for a tree.
Crown Thinning
Crown Thinning a tree involves lightly pruning the interior limbs of at tree canopy. Generally, this is done to achieve more sunlight on a customer’s lawn, or to prevent storm damage. Lightly thinning the interior allows for wind flow to better flow through the canopy, thus reducing chances of limb failure in a storm. Usually it is recommended to only cut approximately 10-15% of the live growth in the interior, and to avoid lion tailing.
Crown Raising
Crown Raising a tree involves elevating or cutting the lower limbs of a tree canopy. This clearance could be needed for houses, lights, garages, utility lines, vehicle or pedestrian traffic or to clear other plants. Crown raising alone does not address needs that are met in a crown cleaning, crown thinning or deadwood pruning. Crown raising is usually done in conjunction with other pruning.
Crown Reduce
Crown Reducing a tree involves lightly thinning out the top of a trees canopy. Do not mistake this for tree topping. Topping is NOT a recommended pruning method and should be avoided. A proper crown reduction will reduce the overall crown height and canopy, without altering branch integrity. This type of pruning minimized storm damage, and reduces the chances that larger taller trees from falling or uprooting in a storm.
Deadwood pruning
It is just as it sounds. The deadwood is properly pruned out of the tree’s entire crown. The three pruning types listed above are required to be denoted with a diameter size. This means that specific attention will be placed on branches of that diameter and larger common examples are 1/4″,1/2″,1″ or 2″ diameter branches and larger.
Shaping
Shaping a trees canopy should really only be done on shrubs and bushes – not trees. Larger trees can be shaped but only by a selective prune with proper cuts – not topping. Small shrubs and bushes like Holly trees, bush hedges, and other shrubs and bushes can be shaped how you like them. Some green should always be left or the plant has been shaped to hard and faces the chance of declining. Hand shears are usually used when shaping is completed.
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