You should not need to prune a young tree unless it needs balanced. A trees best shape is its natural shape.
When the leaves are off and the sap is not flowing strongly.
You should try trimming a weeping birch tree during the beginning of the spring season. Try to make the major trims right near the trunk of the tree to avoid any 'bleeding'.
It's best to prune or trim any tree when they are dormant.Wrong first of all its not river birch its ribber birch, and its best to prune them in late spring or early summer, this is when the tree is most active, and can heal the best. any dead branches need to removed, young "suckers"(which grow closer to the trunk of the tree) need to be removed according to how big you would like the tree to grow and what shape and look you would like it to have. Ribber birches need to be trimmed every 1-2 yrs and should only be trimmed by a licensed arborist, DO NOT try and trim it yourself these trees are very sensitive and f you wound them to badly the try WILL die.
Tree branches do grow back. That is why it is OK to trim them, because they regrow stronger than before.
The best time to trim a potentilla, and any other summer-flowering shrub, is in the spring before the potentilla buds out.
After you trim the bonsai trees you get a kimono from the woman who sells the trees. In the kimono there is a passport. You will now be able to get past the guards.
It is important to prune and trim trees of varieties. The main reason to trim a tree is the remove the dead and dying branches and lets the trees resources be sent to the living part of the tree and it helps promote new growth. Winter is the best time to prune because with the removal of the dead branches that tree is ready for spring.
When the leaves change color in the fall is the best time to trim oak trees. These trees are infected with insects in different regions and have a very prutent smell to them. The insects are attracted to the small of a wounded tree. Also with diseases like oak wilk and sudden oak death fungal problems make their way into open wounds in the spring and summer time very easily.
The optimal pruning time will vary from one plant to the next, generally the best time to prune is late winter or early spring before the plant starts to grow again.
my coral tree needs to be trimmed back it has gotten out of hand. is it ok to trim it at now or is it a bad time of year?
White pines don't need to be trimmed. You can trim off lower branches as the trees grow but leave enough branches to support the trees health.
Both are considered "Hard woods" for the sake of construction and building with similar characteristics. However due to the nature of birch it is more often used as a veneer or trim molding.
Trees and shrubs can be lightly pruned anytime in Florida. To minimize reduction of next year's flowers, prune spring-flowering plants such as azaleas, in late spring before the flower buds set for the next season.
Probably not