I have lived in five states -- three in the Midwest, and Arizona and now California out West. Never have I seen such terrible tree pruning as in Southern California, which adds an assault to the precious little rainfall we receive - 7 inches this season. Turns out it's been the case for awhile. …
Tree Pruning: Resist Topping Trees
Here in southern California, and especially in our city of Redlands, which is bestowed with 100+ year old trees, we have an epidemic of terrible tree trimming. Also, tree topping or pollarding -- where main branches are trimmed to stubs -- seems to be rampant. Here are two good references on what …