The '3 Cs of pruning' rule . Follow these three impressive pruning rules and watch your plants thrive this summer ...

As a note of caution, if your irrigation method involves getting the tree canopy wet, (i.e. sprinkler) don’t summer prune. You are much more likely to invite infection to the fresh pruning cuts.

Prune hybrid teas and floribunda roses when you see the yellow blooms of forsythia in March-April. Reduce the size of bushes by a third to a half, cutting back to a healthy outward-facing bud.

Councils which own the street trees often clash with electricity distribution companies which say pruning is necessary for safety. But a compromise solution is now on the table in New South Wales.

ABOUT 380 street trees "significantly endangered by ETSA s tree pruning regime in Norwood, Payneham & St Peters will remain untouched while the council and utility explore alternatives.

The first pruning follows the “June drop” as the trees shed excess fruit. The second is in July, to maintain a compact, uncongested tree with lightly shortened new growth.

BIDDEFORD — Visitors to Biddeford’s downtown may experience delays in the Main Street on Monday as a result of landscaping work in progress. City workers will be pruning trees on Main Street ...