How you can keep our trees beautiful and prosperous
Warson Woods is Nationally recognized as a Tree City U.S.A.!
The beautiful trees throughout the city have been officially recognized by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Check out the helpful tree tips below:
Topping vs. Pruning
When a decision is made to reduce the size of an older tree, it can be topped, or it can be pruned properly. Although the speed and nature of regrowth will depend on species and local factors, any comparison of irresponsible topping vs. competent pruning will be dramatic.
If you want a visual representation of this topping vs pruning, see below.
Common topping terms:
- Stubbing
- Heading
- Heading-back
- Stubbing-off
- Tipping
- Lopping
