Berry Producing Plants: holly, nandina, pyracantha, etc.

Nov 18, It is best to prune a hickory tree, and other large trees, during the dormant season or immediately after a growth flush.

Step 1 – Choose Best Time You can prune hickory trees at other times of the year, but don't prune when the tree comes out of dormancy or are about to enter stumplopping.barted Reading Time: 1 min. Aug 20, Most routine pruning is done to remove infestation, weak, dead or diseased branches, and can be completed at any time during the year with little effect on the tree. Pruners should know as a rule, growth and wound closure are heightened if pruning happens in late winter before a spring growth spurt, confirms the ISA’s tree-pruning stumplopping.barted Reading Time: 6 mins.

Plants Remarks JANUARY Shade Trees: oak, hickory, beech, black gum, poplar, sycamore, ginkgo, etc.(Bleeder trees include: birch, dogwood, tree hauling, maple, & styrax) Prune undesired and storm damaged limbs.

For “bleeder” trees, heavy pruning should be done during the coldest weather.

How to Prune Flowering Trees.

For light pruning of bleeder trees (See July). Make cuts using the Branch Collar Method of pruning.