THE COMMON CUTTING PRACTICE THAT’S WEAKENING HEALTHY TREES

The Common Cutting Practice That’s Weakening Healthy Trees

In neighborhoods from coast to coast, a widely misunderstood tree pruning method is quietly reducing long-term canopy vitality. This technique, called lion-tailing, involves stripping the canopy's interior and leaving only small leaf clusters at the outer ends of each branch. While this approach may appear symmetrical to an untrained eye, arborist

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