What Are the Best Pruning and Trimming Tips for Maryland?
Clay Creek is on the cutting edge of having the top trimming tips for the communities of New Market, Westminster, and Owings Mills, Maryland. What really is it that makes a home have that perfect curb appeal? Is it the thick emerald green grass that looks like every blade was perfectly manicured? Or maybe the flowerbeds that have blossoms popping with color from every corner of the yard, or is it the healthy foliage coming from the perfectly trimmed trees and bushes? A good guess would be it’s a combination of all of these things but having a well-trimmed yard is one of the best ways to help enhance the exterior of your home. Having trees and shrubs look their best takes consistently maintaining them throughout every season. When you start to have your yard become overgrown with tree branches blocking out sunlight and rain, trimming will give you the best results. Of course, pruning is the answer if you want to stimulate the growth of those shrubs and trees. You need to keep in mind that you always want to stay ahead of your yard and anticipate areas that may need to be trimmed and pruned, which is where our knowledgeable team is ready to nip that problem in the bud!
What are the best tools to use when trimming and pruning?
Like most homeowners, you probably go into a garden center store and stare at the wall of tools available for trimming and pruning in disbelief. How can it be possible to have so many different sizes of trimmers and pruning tools just to cut some shrubs or trees in your yard? Well, believe it or not, using the proper equipment can make or break your yard. If you are looking for a universal tool in pruning, having hand shears is an excellent addition to your shed. It can cut up to a ¾” diameter and work perfectly on knockout rose bushes that we should add almost always are immune to any fungal diseases and should be in everyone’s yard.Another use for hand shears is to help control hedges becoming overgrown and blocking out the sunlight, ultimately stunting their growth. The best way to help sunlight get to the stem is to cut a branch at a 45-degree angle right above a leaflet. This will get nutrients to the shrub and change the shrub’s direction on how well it will grow in the upcoming season. When you want a more even cut without causing damage to branches, you want to use a Bypass pruner. This tool has a sharp blade at the very top with an unsharpened blade on the bottom. The best thing to use Bypass pruners is on fruits, vegetables, or flowers as this allows you to have a clean-cut without causing stress to the plant. Now, if you need to prune larger branches with a 1 ¾ diameter, then be sure to have lopping shears or a Pole pruner which is the strongest of the pruning tools. You have various options to choose from when buying trimmers; they can be electric, battery, or gas, which will all work perfectly for trimming larger hedges. Still, if you want to get those areas that are tighter around your flowerbeds or near a fence in the yard, then a string trimmer will give you the best results.
What is the best time to prune and trim your yard?
If you are looking for that great looking yard, choosing the right time to prune or trim will be the perfect jumpstart to having a healthy growing season. You want to prune shrubs and hedges in late winter as they are dormant and not producing any buds. If you have flowering shrubs, you should wait until the last flower turns brown, usually in late spring, before doing any pruning. One of the benefits of pruning flowering shrubs at the end of their season is you are sure to get a spectacular bloom the following year. When you start to see damaged branches, you can always remove them, but the best time to trim a tree is between later in the fall and right before early spring. This is when trees are dormant, and you won’t cause them any damage. Always keep in mind timing is everything when trying to keep a healthy yard.
What will give you the best results when trimming and pruning your yard?
Let’s start with an essential part of trimming: take your time and don’t just grab a tool and start hacking away at the branches. Of course, you probably are thinking I would never do something like that. It can happen, and that’s why you need to start slow and remove small areas, then take your hand and brush through the branches while stepping back to see how each branch falls back into place. If you are trimming hedges, you need to make sure you start at the bottom and begin to work your way up to allow the sunlight to reach the base while creating a well-balanced design that will accent your yard. What you want to do is let the blade do the work for you, so you only are removing a few inches at a time. One of the best rules of trimming is the three-year rule. This process removes one-third of the thickest stem at the plant base, which helps to strengthen it and give it the nutrients needed to flourish. Be sure to repeat the process for three years to get the best results. Are you ready for the most cutting-edge way to bring fantastic results to your yard when trimming or pruning? Then it’s time to let our experienced team do the job for you. We are committed to giving you the yard of your dreams. Whether it’s trimming, hardscaping, lawn care, seasonal cleanup, land grading, or landscape design and maintenance, we are ready to take your yard to a new level.