Tree Surgery
Tree surgery is one of the most important tasks undertaken, and includes pruning, topping, and felling.
When the garden is redesigned there are frequently trees either in the wrong place, too big, and in many cases the wrong type of
tree has been planted.
These need to be removed, to allow for the new garden design which will include more interesting and suitable planting to be
undertaken.
Sometimes pollarding will help with overgrown hedges or trees. Most hedges can be saved if not too large, apart from leylandii
type hedges which are best removed. These can be replanted with more suitable hedging.
Trees that are neglected for too long before pruning take longer to recover. Therefore the only option is to remove and replant
with another species.
The photos left to right are of a wall trained Ceanothus arborcus that was planted in 2005, followed by a white banksiae rose that
had just been pruned. Next is a weeping willow that was been pollard down to two limbs. Tree pruning an Acer in a Hyde Heath, Bucks
garden. Reducing the size of a Holm oak tree Kingsdon, Somerton. |
