Pruning Flowering Cherry Trees

Pruning Considerations for Flowering Cherry Trees

So you've added a beautiful flowering cherry tree to your landscape and now you need to know how to prune it. There are some basic things you'll need to consider and a few tools you'll need in order to prune your flowering cherry tree.


It is important to understand why you need to prune your flowering cherry tree before you begin lopping off branches. One reason is to remove dead, damaged or diseased limbs. You'll also want to remove any branches that rub on one another or that cross over each other. Sucker growth from the bottom of the tree should also be removed. Branches that grow toward the center of the tree should also be removed. Lastly, you want to prune to give the cherry tree an overall shape.

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