But if your privet hedge is suddenly sprawling all over your sidewalk, it may.

Aug 31, This shrub or small tree flowers on old wood, so do not prune until after it flowers. Then prune it as necessary to thin out old branches, open up the shrub, reduce height or develop a better shape. To remove a branch or stem, make cuts a quarter inch from the point where they intersect another branch or the trunk. Jun 28, No! Crossing property lines to trim or cut down a tree is not something you or your arborist can do. Neither you nor your arborist may go onto a neighbor’s property or destroy the tree.

If you do go onto a neighbor’s property or harm the tree, you could be liable for double or triple the value of the tree! If the tree trunk sits entirely in. Feb 23, Shrubs are woody, perennial plants that grow low to the ground.

It typically grows to form a mound shape, though it also works well as a dense groundcover.

Sometimes they produce berries or colorful flowers, and often you will see them trimmed into tidy lawn ornaments or growing in hedges. Aug 29, If you want to train holly shrub into a small tree with a single or multiple trunks, start with a plant that is several years old or three or more feet in height. Since tree forming often requires the removal of a good number of branches, I highly suggest performing this type of pruning during winter, when the plant is dormant.