Pruning - Landscape plants - Edward F. Gilman - UF_IFAS

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Pruning - Landscape plants - Edward F. Gilman - UF/IFAS</title>  <style type="text/css" media="screen"> @import "https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/templates/css/template_tier2_sfyl.css"; .orange-bar { color:#f47735; } </style> <style type="text/css" media="screen"> @import "/woody/css/woody_style.css"; </style> <style type="text/css" media="print"> @import "https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/templates/css/template_print_tier2.css"; </style> </head> <body> <div id="page"> <div> <a href="http://www.ufl.edu/"><img src="https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/images/university_of_florida.gif" alt="University of Florida" width="200" height="29" /></a> </div> <div id="page2"> <div id="header"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <img src="/woody/images/header_yellow_leaves.jpg" width="750" height="120" alt="UF/IFAS Landscape Plants web site header image" /> </div> <div id="topnav"> <ul> <li><a href="index.shtml"> Landscape Plants Home </a> </li> <li><a href="https://ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu/"> School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences</a> </li> <li><a href="contact-us.shtml"> Contact Us</a> </li> <li><a href="copyright.shtml"> Copyright Information</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="content-group"> <div id="content-main"> <p class="smalltext"><a href="/woody/index.shtml">Home</a> > Pruning shade trees</p> <h1>Pruning shade trees in landscapes</h1> <table width="200" border="0" class="image-right"> <tr> <td><a href="structuralgoal.shtml"><img src="images/structuregoal.jpg" alt="" width="190" height="127" /></a><em>Great structure on street trees appropriately pruning</em></td> </tr> </table> <p>Pruning methods that promote a sound tree structure help trees resist failure, provide clearance, and improve aesthetics, while promoting long life. From training young trees to managing mature ones, structural pruning to guide and manage tree architecture should be the primary goal each time a tree is pruned<em>.</em> A well-structured tree is aesthetically pleasing, preserves the crown as it grows larger, and is long-lived. Poor tree architecture can be costly, leading to failure and early tree removal. When <a href="pruning-damage.shtml">improperly performed</a>, pruning can harm the tree's health, stability, and appearance and make matters worse.<br /> <span class="orange-bar">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> </span><a href="site-analysis-web.shtml"><strong> </strong></a><a href="why-prune.shtml"><strong>Why prune?</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b> </span> <a href="pruning-damage.shtml"><strong>Cause no harm</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b> </span> <a href="objectives.shtml"><strong>Objectives</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> |<a href="Plan.shtml"> Approach</a><b> |</b></b> </span> <a href="documents/Plan.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Design a plan</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b> </span> <a href="pruning-needs.shtml"><strong>At planting</strong></a> <b> <span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b></span></b><a href="restore.shtml"><strong> </strong></a><br /> <span class="orange-bar"><b> </b></span><a href="pruning-when.shtml"><strong>Time of year </strong></a><a href="pruning-cuts.shtml"><strong><span class="orange-bar"><b>|</b></span><strong> </strong>Pruning cuts</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b> </span> <a href="structural-pruning-flash.shtml"><strong>Structural pruning</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"> <b>|</b> </span> <a href="thinning.shtml"><strong>Thinning</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> | </b></span> <a href="reducing.shtml"><strong>Reducing</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> | </b></span> <a href="raising.shtml"><strong>Raising</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b></span> <a href="cleaning.shtml"><strong>Cleaning</strong></a><b> <span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b></span></b><a href="restore.shtml"><strong> Restoration</strong></a> <span class="orange-bar"><b>|</b></span><a href="pruning-when.shtml"><strong> </strong></a><a href="restore.shtml"></a><a href="pruning-palms.shtml"><strong>Pruning palms</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"> <b>| </b></span> <a href="preventive-pruning.shtml"><strong>Mature trees</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b></span> <a href="utility-pruning.shtml"><strong>Utility pruning</strong></a> <span class="orange-bar"><b> |</b></span> <a href="practice-pruning.shtml"><strong>Practice pruning</strong></a><span class="orange-bar"><b> | </b></span> <a href="tree-structure.shtml"><strong>Photos</strong></a></p> <p width="285"><span style="color:#f47735;">NEW!! FDOT - Appendix A: Drafting Pruning Specifications (<a href="https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/documents/FDOT%20-%20Appendix%20A%20-%20Drafting%20Pruning%20Specifications.docx">word doc</a>/<a href="https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/documents/FDOT%20-%20Appendix%20A%20-%20Drafting%20Pruning%20Specifications.pdf">pdf</a>)</span></p> <p><span class="orange-bar">Research:</span> <span class="style8"><a href="wind-research.shtml">Appropriate pruning reduces wind damage</a></span></span> <br /> <span class="orange-bar">Fact sheets: </span><span class="style8">(pdf)</span> <a href="documents/ch_12_mw04.pdf" target="_blank">Young trees,</a><a href="documents/ch_13_mw06.pdf" target="_blank"> Mature trees, <span class="orange-bar"><b> </b></span></a><b> </b><a href="documents/EP300.pdf" target="_blank">Restoration, <span class="orange-bar"><b> </b></span></a></span><a href="documents/PruningLandscapeTreesShrubs.pdf" target="_blank">Landscape trees and shrubs,</a> <a href="documents/CrapeMyrtlePruning.pdf" target="_blank">Crape myrtle pruning</a><br /> <span class="orange-bar">New Cue cards:</span> <span class="style8">(pdf)</span><a href="documents/Pruning-at-Planting PROOF.pdf" target="_blank"> Prune at planting</a>, <a href="documents/RPG Tree Pruning Cue Card[1].pdf" target="_blank">Prune young trees</a>, <a href="documents/Pruning_Established_Trees PROOF.pdf" target="_blank">Pruning methods</a>,<a href="documents/Restoration_Pruning PROOF.pdf" target="_blank"> Restoration prune</a><br /> <span class="orange-bar">Much more on pruning</span>: <a href="prune-book.shtml">Click here</a><br /> <span class="orange-bar">-------------------------------------------------------------------</span><a href="site-analysis-web.shtml"><strong> </strong></a> <br /> <strong>See:</strong><a href="root-prune-summary.shtml" target="_blank"> Root pruning</a><strong>, </strong><a href="nursery-production.shtml" target="_blank">Nursery pruning</a>, <a href="http://www.floridaisa.org/?s=Pruning+specifications" target="_blank">Pruning specifications</a><br /> <strong>See:</strong> <a href="http://www.urbantree.org/prunehome.shtml" target="_blank">Additional examples</a></p> <div style="clear:both; 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