An unsatisfactory approach to tree maintenance or pruning is “topping” it. Topping is the indiscriminant removal of branches of a tree above an arbitrary height, leaving unnatural, grotesque stubs and ...

Topping – cutting the crown off – not only makes a tree ugly, it can lead to its early death. Many homeowners assume that if they top a large tree, it will compensate by producing a new, healthy, ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: What's the deal with the extreme pruning of mature trees around here? We've seen some fine trees — really big ...

Q. Many times I have read, “Never top a tree!” I have also read that we should keep fruit trees at 8 feet for easy picking. And the avocado experts recommend keeping avocado trees at 11 feet. Either I ...

If it looks like tree topping, is it tree topping? In Kentucky, that depends on the expert. A well-regarded arborist cut the tops out of two street trees in Butchertown last week, even though a new ...

As Cass Turnbull told the story, “Soon after man emerged from his cave with his first cutting tool, he whacked a limb off a bush, and it felt good.” This initial act of what she termed “mal-pruning,” ...

Tree advocates this week are criticizing Courier Journal for the recent heavy trimming of 40 mature trees in one of its downtown parking lots, a move they say could doom the trees to an early death in ...