Tree Pruning
 

I am in Knoxville, TN. I have two "umbrella plants/trees" in my yard. One
looks like an umbrella and the other looks like an umbrella with a bad hair
day! Out of control. When should I shape up these plants/trees? We have
had a very mild winter here with temps into the 60s for days at a time. It
looks like February will be colder.

Jim Pettway

Tree Pruning
 

When I lived in Arkansas, the TV gardener that came on every Wed at 5:00 PM
said he pruned everything around the 15 th of February. That included fruit
trees, grapes, roses, etc. I would imagine the same would hold true for
you.

Dwayne

"Jim Pettway" wrote in message
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I am in Knoxville, TN. I have two "umbrella plants/trees" in my yard. One
looks like an umbrella and the other looks like an umbrella with a bad hair
day! Out of control. When should I shape up these plants/trees? We have
had a very mild winter here with temps into the 60s for days at a time. It
looks like February will be colder.

Jim Pettway

Tree Pruning
 

"Jim Pettway" wrote in message

I am in Knoxville, TN. I have two "umbrella plants/trees" in
my
yard. One looks like an umbrella and the other looks like an
umbrella with a bad hair day! Out of control. When should I
shape
up these plants/trees? We have had a very mild winter here
with
temps into the 60s for days at a time. It looks like February
will
be colder.
Jim Pettway

The use of common names can be confusing. What is the botanical
name of your trees?

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

Tree Pruning
 

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:15:21 -0500, "Jim Pettway"
wrote:

I am in Knoxville, TN. I have two "umbrella plants/trees" in my yard. One
looks like an umbrella and the other looks like an umbrella with a bad hair
day! Out of control. When should I shape up these plants/trees? We have
had a very mild winter here with temps into the 60s for days at a time. It
looks like February will be colder.

Jim Pettway



The best time to prune a deciduous tree is when the sap is not
flowing. I'm in Oak Ridge and my trees are currently in dormancy.

Tree Pruning
 

Try late Winter or very early Spring. Don't remove more than 1/3 of any
branch.

Sherwin D.

Jim Pettway wrote:

I am in Knoxville, TN. I have two "umbrella plants/trees" in my yard. One
looks like an umbrella and the other looks like an umbrella with a bad hair
day! Out of control. When should I shape up these plants/trees? We have
had a very mild winter here with temps into the 60s for days at a time. It
looks like February will be colder.

Jim Pettway