4 Reasons To Prune Your Bushes

4 Reasons To Prune Your Bushes

4 Reasons To Prune Your Bushes

23 April 2018
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Most people do not love maintaining their landscaping, but maintenance really is essential if you want to keep your home's exterior looking great. One of the most important elements of landscaping maintenance is pruning your bushes. Here are four reasons why pruning is important.

1. Pruning removes damaged and dead branches

When a branch dies or becomes damaged, your bush may still continue sending nutrients and moisture to that branch. These nutrients and moisture are wasted on that branch when they could instead be used to maintain the existing branches or aid in the growth of new branches. Pruning removes these dead and damaged branches so that your tree's nutrients are put to better use. Your bush may grow greener and denser as a result.

2. Pruning helps the bush resist disease

Most diseases that affect plants, including bushes, are caused by fungi. And fungi all have one thing in common: they like moisture. If you never prune your bush, the branches will grow in very densely, and they will trap moisture between themselves. This will perpetuate the development of fungal diseases. Pruning encourages more air flow between the branches. They stay dry on their surfaces, so there's less chance of disease -- and death.

3. Pruning Maintains a Tidy Shape

The natural shape of a bush is often not the shape you want to see in your landscaping. Bushes look, well, bushy, when allowed to take on their own natural shape. This may make your yard look untidy. Pruning, however, keeps the bush looking neat with defined borders. This is a better look for a modern home. How often you must prune to maintain this look depends on the type of bush. Boxwoods only need to be pruned once or twice a year, but faster-growing branches like junipers need more frequent pruning.

4. Pruning Keeps Pests Away

If you let a bush get shaggy and overgrown, it may become a place where insects and other pests hide. Then, it may not be long before these pests make their way into your home! Pruning the bush will create more space between the branches, so there are not as many places for pests to hide. It will also open up space under the bush so that rats, skunks, and other larger pests are not tempted to nest there.

Contact a pruning service like A Advanced Tree Services today, and arrange to have your bushes trimmed. The results are hard to beat.

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Tree care might seem simple, but it isn't always easy to trim large tree branches. I started thinking about trimming my own trees a few months ago, but after struggling repeatedly to take care of things on my own, I decided that it would probably be best to enlist the help of a professional. They came out, assessed the damage my trees currently had, and then helped me to identify ways to resolve the problem. I wanted to make a blog that talked all about the powerful benefits of professional tree trimming, so that other people understand how to make their homes and gardens more beautiful.

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