This practice is called "lion’s tailing" because it removes all lateral branches on main stems, leaving foliage at the ends like the puff of hair at the end of a lion’s tail. Just $2 for 6 ...

Poor pruning can have serious effects on trees. As I write this, the forecast today is for sustained winds of more than 25 mph, gusting to 60.

This practice is called "lion's tailing" because it removes all lateral branches on main stems leaving foliage at the ends like the puff of hair at the end of a lion's tail. Just $2 for 6 months ...

Close your eyes, imagine a lion’s tail, and then how a tree would look, pruned this way. You won’t see this look in nature, and for good reason.

Tim Nuckols of Nuckols Tree Care wrote to pass along some timely information concerning “lion’s-tailing” — a cultural practice that some tree services preform on customers’ trees. You ...