how to prune a branch without killing it?
Thanks much for those two suggestions!
Now I can go back to work!
David
FIRST-PS: Oh, I've been reading that you're supposed to hold
off pruning until the end of winter or during the early
spring.
What problem from doing it at other times, eg now?
David
SECOND-PS: When wallking my doggie (super cute bijon) I often
notice short hedges (4 feet high, 5 feet?) in which, you know,
the leaves on these hedges, so as to get the sun, grow only
on the outside "surface", with only "naked" branches on the
"inside".
Looks like what happened sometimes is that bushy-leafy end
protruded out beyond (into the sidewalk, maybe), and they
pruned off the extending-out-too-far part, leaving
just a, well, "stick" (no leaves anywhere nearby)
going back to a "parent" (often the bushes' "trunk") --
looks horrible.
So, you're (well, one of you is) saying that they
should have cut off the entire branch, back at its
origin.
(assuming no branch-points leading to leafy branches on
other parts of the "surface".)
Yes? (I'm just trying to verify (or disprove) my understanding
of your suggestions.)
THANKS!
David
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