Japanese maples, also known as acer trees, are low-maintenance trees with beautiful red foliage. Pruning the maple several times a year is a great way to keep the maple in good health and looking ...

Q. To save money I hired my neighbor – who claimed to have pruned many trees – to cut off some limbs of a larger maple tree ...

Maple trees contain sap, which will “bleed” if the tree is pruned in early spring or late winter. To avoid this phenomenon, pruning may be put off until summer.

It’s time to thin your Japanese laceleaf maple tree — just don’t go crazy with the pruning shears Originally published January 10, 2018 at 7:00 am Updated January 11, 2018 at 10:09 am ...

Q: We have a maple tree that should be pruned. For one thing, it has grown a couple of branches only 3 feet from the ground. We are afraid to ...

When to Prune Japanese Maple Trees Do the bulk of Japanese maple pruning in the late winter or early spring months, during the tree’s dormancy period and after the extreme cold has passed.

Q. I have a three-year old Japanese dissected maple tree near my home. The trunk is about three and one-half inches in diameter. Very near the ground is a fork, with another about three feet up ...

February is Japanese Maple pruning time February is the perfect month to prune Japanese Maples, especially for trunk/branch structure.

Pruning is an acceptable and even ideal time to prune most trees. If nothing else, it's easier to see the branch structure. Be aware that winter pruning will remove the flower buds of spring bloomers.