Pruning Native Plants & Trees

Redbud

• Scientific Name

  (Cercis occidentalis)
• Prized for

  

  Photo: Wikipedia

  Mass of pink flowers; and twisting branches and trunk. 

   

• Blooms on

  Old wood.

• When to Prune

  August – October.

• What to Prune

  Use thinning cuts to reveal the branch and trunk structure which is striking in the winter.