IMG_1173Arborist Solutions provide expert Tree Pruning - one of the most common customer requests and yes it does matter who is pruning your trees. Improper pruning can cause irreversible damage and in some cases it can lead to a tree becoming hazardous. Click here to see some photos of us at work pruning trees.

Three are four classes of pruning

  • Class 1 - Fine
  • Class 2 - Standard
  • Class 3 - Hazard
  • Class 4 - Crown Reduction
There are many types of pruning
  • Cleaning - the selective removal of dead, diseased, detached, and broken branches.
  • Pollarding - force training the shrub by severe heading (removal of shrubs top section) the first year followed by annual sprout removal to maintain trees or shrubs at a pre determined size to to maintain a formal shape.
  • Raising - the selective removal of branches to provide vertical clearance.
  • Reduction - the selective removal of branches and stems to decrease the height and or spread of a tree or shrub.
  • Restoring - the selective removal of branches, sprouts, and stubs from trees and shrubs that have topped, severely headed, vandalized, liontailed, broken, or otherwise damaged.
  • Structural - the removal of live branches and stems to influence the orientation, spacing, growth rate, strength of attachment, and ultimate size of branches.
  • Thinning - the selective removal of small live branches to reduce crown density.