Matt Via Pruning
Transformations
Pruned heavily Feb 2021, to remove dead, crossing/rubbing branches. Limbed up away from driveway. Made healthier and more aesthetically pleasing.
notice all the dense, clogging interior branches, and the limbs interfering with use of driveway.
Pruned heavily Feb 2021, to remove dead, crossing/rubbing branches. Limbed up away from driveway. Made healthier and more aesthetically pleasing.
Blooming heavily 2 months after heavy winter pruning.
Pruned hard away from driveway, utility line and garage. Canopy opened and thinned. Dead wood and clogging interior branches removed.
Look how much more "noise" their is interfering with the natural form and beauty of this tree. So many little thin clogging interior branches and "suckers" to be removed.
Blooming heavily 2 months after heavy winter pruning.
These 2 trees have been a rehabilitation and reclamation project started in 2018. They had been previously "topped" and "sheared" to form a certain height and shape. Therefore they had lots of weak, unnatural, and unhealthy growth and plenty of dead wood on the interior. I've been trying to get them healthy and graceful and eventually they will meet and frame the doorway, naturally.
pruned lower growth away from walkway and thinned canopy.
winter pruning is wonderful because you can quickly see the form of trees. Neither pathogens nor pests are active then. You have the whole growing season ahead of you for the tree/shrub to push response growth and put all of it's energy into the branches and limbs that are left.
These 2 trees have been a rehabilitation and reclamation project started in 2018. They had been previously "topped" and "sheared" to form a certain height and shape. Therefore they had lots of weak, unnatural, and unhealthy growth and plenty of dead wood on the interior. I've been trying to get them healthy and graceful and eventually they will meet and frame the doorway, naturally.
I've had the privilege to work on this tree and make it healthier, more beautiful, and better functioning for the space (away from walkway and lamp) for the last 3 years. I love this tree's character and personality.
I've had the privilege to work on this tree and make it healthier, more beautiful, and better functioning for the space (away from walkway and lamp) for the last 3 years. I love this tree's character and personality.
This tree was pruned heavily in 2019 and moderately in 2020. Canopy opened and thinned. Dead and crossing branches were removed.
Thinned canopy, pruned away from driveway, opened up for better air circulation to improve health and year-round aesthetics.
This tree was pruned heavily in 2019 and moderately in 2020. Canopy opened and thinned. Dead and crossing branches were removed.
Limbed up away from patio and walkways. Canopy significantly opened to increase air circulation and allow more sunlight to get to all parts of the tree.
Notice how dense the canopy is and how many low branches there are.
Limbed up away from patio and walkways. Canopy significantly opened to increase air circulation and allow more sunlight to get to all parts of the tree.
thinned and opened the canopy. Pruned out crossing and rubbing branches. Trying to thin this tree to open it up for air circ and sunlight penetration, and also to encourage it to get tall and wide and GORGEOUS!
way thinner and healthier than it was a year ago, but still needs work....
dense dense dense! This tree had been topped in the past, so there were lots of upright, weak branches, with a canopy so dense that sunlight barely got through. This tree needs a few years to get back to a naturally beautiful, full, elegant magnolia form.
thinned and opened the canopy. Pruned out crossing and rubbing branches. Trying to thin this tree to open it up for air circ and sunlight penetration, and also to encourage it to get tall and wide and GORGEOUS!
Opened up and canopy lifted (without shears) to allow clear passage underneath on walkway.
Pruned out tons of dead wood, rotting stems, crossing, rubbing branches. Opened up canopy to enhance sunlight and air circulation to encourage better health and aesthetics.
Had lots of ants and lots of dead interior wood. This tree had been repeatedly sheared in the past, which made it look lush on the exterior, but was a tangled mess of interior dead where virtually no sunlight was able to get into.
Opened up and canopy lifted (without shears) to allow clear passage underneath on walkway.
Limbed up canopy to make mowing easier, as well as improve safety for backing out of driveway. Pruned to open canopy for better health, better flowering, and year-round beauty.
canopy is thinned, but tree is still not done...
Notice the dense canopy and how it goes all the way down to the ground.
Limbed up canopy to make mowing easier, as well as improve safety for backing out of driveway. Pruned to open canopy for better health, better flowering, and year-round beauty.