The Spruce on MSN

Is it a bad idea to prune your Japanese maple tree in the winter?

Key Points Prune Japanese maples in late winter or early spring to remove dead wood and shape the tree.Stick to the tree’s ...
House Digest on MSN

Never Prune This Type Of Tree In Early Spring (It Just Invites Pests & Disease)

Pruning this sappy tree in early spring is basically an open invitation for destructive fungus and troublesome pests — here's ...
MLive

Pruning Japanese maple

Q. I have a three-year old Japanese dissected maple tree near my home. The trunk is about three and one-half inches in diameter. Very near the ground is a fork, with another about three feet up the ...
AOL

The Pruning Mistake To Avoid Making With Your Japanese Maple Tree

Maintaining the shape of shrubs and trees is a practice that has been associated with beauty and tranquility for centuries. Highly ornamental trees like the Japanese maple grow into stunning specimens ...
inforum

Fielding Questions: Maple headache, hibiscus pruning, African violet blooms

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about treating a maple tree that's shedding leaves, pruning a hibiscus before bringing it indoors, and how to get an African violet to bloom again. A ...