[Arid_gardener] Advice for Indian Laurel Fig (Ficus Nitidia)

[Jim & Wendy]

I saw some e-mails from you on the internet giving advice on gardening, and
I was wondering if you could help me?  My Ficus was damaged in the frost a
few weeks ago, and I'm trying to figure out how to help it recover.  I know
you can't trim too much, but if you don't get enough dead leaves off, it
won't make it, either.  It is about 8 years old, and the trunk is about 24
inches around at the base, so it's a nice, big tree.  The top looks dead
(just a lot of dark brown crispy leaves) but I trimmed off all of the leaves
I could reach and power sprayed as much as I could from the top.  The trunk
has a few (maybe 12) leaves coming out of it.  I can send you a digital
picture of the tree if that would help you advise me.  I have been looking
for information (a good book on pruning?) for the novice who wants to prune
their own landscaping, but I have no idea where to begin.  I would greatly
appreciate any advice you can give me, even if it's just pointing me in the
right direction to find my own information.

 

Thank you in advance,

Wendy

NW Phoenix resident

weltobills at hotmail.com

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