Tree topping is an all too common practice among homeowners, particularly when their trees become too tall and pose a possible threat to the house or overhead power lines. Some have the trees topped ...

Connie Hoge is the chairwoman of the Carroll County Forest Conservancy District Board, a volunteer auxiliary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service. An adamant admirer of trees ...

If a bad haircut was fatal, you would be very choosy about your hairstyle. But each year, hundreds of homeowners have their trees pruned by topping, a horticultural “bad haircut” that shortens the ...

Question: An arborist offered to “top” my shade tree that has grown so large that branches touch the house. Should I have him do that? Answer: “Topping” is cutting all tree branches back to an ...

Tree topping – when the entire top of a tree is cut off – seems to have become a preferred method of tree pruning. Beauty is certainly in the eyes of the beholder, but is it good or bad for the tree?

Deciduous tree pruning season is upon us. Late winter, heading into spring, is the best time to prune your shade trees to improve their structure, health and beauty for a long life. Unfortunately, ...

Most of the trees cut were "perfectly healthy," arborist and forestry technician Shawn Danaher told the outlet. Experts ...

(Scripps Howard)Surely you've noticed the sudden and drastic change in a tree's appearance in your neighborhood. One day it's a beautiful specimen in its natural form. An hour or so later, a chainsaw ...

Topping is a bad way to go about pruning, harming trees in terms of health as well as beauty. Getty Images/iStockphoto I have had it! I just have to express my ire at the way some local trees are ...

Making Flush Cuts That Kill Trees Slowly Most homeowners think they're doing their trees a favor when they trim branches ...

DEAR JESSICA: Can I transform a Styrax japonicus from a tree to a bush? It was planted too close to an aged oak tree about seven years ago and is now about 20 feet tall. The initial trunk has grown to ...