[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[mloretta at databasicx.com]

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mloretta at databasicx.com

It is late August here.  I recently cleared away a lot scrub trees that were blocking of mountain view.  This exposed a whole area of Mountain Laurel.  There is a lot of dead growth that I would like to prune.  When should I do this and do you have any tips on what to cut and what to leave?