How To Prune a Japanese Maple Tree (Encourage Tree Growth!)

Winter is an excellent time to prune any tree, especially Japanese Maples. Pruning when a tree is dormant encourages health and growth in the springtime! Watch, step by step, exactly what cuts to make on your Japanese Maple. #Pruning #Japanesemaple

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[JohnandBobs]

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[aprilrod]

Very informative video. I just moved into a home with a mature Japanese Maple, roughly 20ft tall. I look forward to maintaining my beautiful tree 🌳

[linda]

Best teaching video, easily understood and demonstrated well .Thank you

[brendahansen]

Miss Huff Lantana which is a perennial here in 7b. I love it because it attracts so many bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. I absolutely love watching humming birds. I have several feeders around the yard as well. I also like this plant because it can be trimmed totally back to a few inches and it comes back bigger next year. I have grown them for about 10 years or so now and I have propagate them to give to friends. I currently have 8 but I have a few more that will be planted from their propagation pots this spring,

[alchemydp]

Thanks for this. We just moved to a house with a Japanese maple. My instincts were pretty good but you’ve given me clarity for taking care of this beauty. I appreciate you,

[Hudson]

Thank you for the instructions, i am in the UK and inherited an Acer from the previous owners, 6 years ago it was an ok size, but now it has just gone too big, i am watching all manner of videos to get an idea on how to make it smaller but still keep its shape, which is really nice.

[Xt]

I bent over a 3 year lace leaf apon arrival in the mail and it immediately popped new shoots everywhere I loved it so much I bought like 6 more varieties none responded as well

[tellwinn]

Love this explanation of trimming back to the source and box cut. I've been a culprit and now no more. Thank you!

[nancyortiz]

I have a native malva tree that I have used to cover most of my 2 acres of sand. Seedlings abound, horses and chickens love to eat them, and I can easily trim/cut down/transplant. They are easy to chip, so along with their leaves, the plants are making my sand pile nutrient-rich and fertile.

[bubblesmckenzie]

I love coneflowers they bring butterflies, bees and in the fall yellow finches for the seeds

[canadian-gardening-A]

My favourites during the winter months are: Colorado Blue Spruce and White Paper Birch. Spring and Summer: Japanese Maples. Welcome back Chip! :)

[Jane-West]

So much great info based on true experience and love of the plant! Thank you for sharing!

[kfairy]

I do love all of our plants but my favorites are our Japanese Maples. We have seven and each is different. The leaves come in at slightly different times with different colors. They are so breathtaking, They are artforms of nature.

[robertawestbrooks]

I really need your expertise, thanks again, great video 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[Checkthefineprint]

It would be one of my conifers. Always green, cool structure. Neat and tidy usually.

[Silverdoor]

I have a silver birch on my property that must be getting close to it's fullest height. I view it from my living room as I relax on my couch. It's a haven for birds, it's the truest keeper of change from one season to the next, it shelters the house from the coldest winds, violets and bluebells carpet the ground below. I love it with all my heart. Interestingly, my surname means "who dwells in a birch wood", so maybe some ancient affinity is at work....?

[johnmfroehlich]

I have a very small yard with my now down-sized home, so i don't have room for many landscaping plants. But I discovered Vinca minor (otherwise known as "periwinkle") and I love it! It's a wonderful, low-growing, small-leaved, glossy-green ground-cover. It is an evergreen all winter, and it blooms beautifully in the spring -- with delicate purple-blue blossoms that always draw my neighbors' admiring remarks. It also saves me big bucks, because I don't need to buy and spread as much mulch. Vinca minor is not invasive and can easily be trimmed. (Whatever you do, avoid Vinca Major! That one is terribly invasive -- unless you are confining it to a pot as a draping plant. And although the major can be an attractive light-green-and-white vine in the warm months, it turns brown and ugly in cold winters.) I was widowed last year, and we recently planted the Vinca minor around our family gravestone. Because of their mowing needs, the cemetery management forbids flower and shrub planting. But because Vinca minor can be mowed right along with the grass, it creates no problems. And it puts out sweet blossoms even when kept quite short.

[hybug]

My favorite plant is dawn redwood I have four so far. They add so much beauty and all my neighbors keep asking about them. They grow pretty fast. I just ordered blend and excited to see what it will do this spring. I just found your site and hav a struggling Cherokee dog wood… hopefully your product helps.

[SucculentFever]

Good video. Thank you for sharing your experience! I recently got bloodgood japanese maple and trying to learn more about these. I am 1 hour away from Fresno CA

[pattichong-chun]

Can I also prune my Japanese lace maple in December it’s so full it looks like cousin “It” in the Adam’s family. Thanks