[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick Gross]

Unless you need to walk underneath the tree leave it alone. The species 
naturally grows to the ground.

Otherwise, prune the branch that slaps you in the face every time you pass 
by or that which tends to ugly up the tree. I believe you can prune anytime 
but do not remove an excessive amount of foliage at any one time.

Using sound pruning practices, if your objective is esthetics and/or 
utility, you can't do wrong.

I left two full grown California Pepper trees in my home in San Diego. I 
kept them pruned high because they were in the front yard but never had to 
thin them.

Dick Gross, MGV MCCE


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> Mary Jo Kerr
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> I have a California Pepper Tree and the branches are hanging to the 
> ground.  How do you prune and when is the best time.  Thank you.
>
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