Training a tree or shrub not only includes just pruning branches to remove dead, disease and crossing branches. It’s involves planning the direction you want next year’s grow to go. Removing competing buds takes time, but will help direct your tree’s and shrubs growth pattern.

Here is a before and after of a Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce I worked on today. Pruning can encourage plant vigor through the removal of weak, overcrowded growth. Such thinning often improves the visual balance or symmetry of the plant. Remove dead, diseased, or broken branches.  Pruning will aid in maintaining the shape, vigor, and health of the plant.