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Pruning Woody Landscape Plants
This factsheet includes information on the principles of pruning, reasons for pruning, pruning tools, pruning techniques, making the cut, how to prune various plants, and a pruning calender.
Pruning is the selective removal of parts of a plant, to improve the plant's performance. Effective pruning of any plant is based on knowledge of the plant's natural growth habit and how the plant will respond to removal of its various parts (branches, buds, fruits, etc).
Authors
L. Berg Stack
L. Berg Stack
Date Published
August 2008
August 2008
Publisher
University of Maine Extension
Orono, ME
Attachments and Links
Publication Number
2169
2169
Resource Type
Information/Research Summary
Information/Research Summary
Resource Format
Pamphlet/Flyer/Factsheet
Pamphlet/Flyer/Factsheet
Funding Source
University/College
University/College
Sub-Topics
Urban Forest Management, Pruning
Urban Forest Management, Pruning
State(s)/Region(s)
Maine
Maine
Indexed By
MWCU&CF
MWCU&CF
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