Every time I watch a tree artistically pruned, I have wondered why it is not more commonly done! Sasi, our gardener prunes a few trees in our garden into different shapes. It adds to the look in the garden. More than just the appearance, it is one way of preserving the trees from storm and the damage it can cause. The tall trees are good in forests. But trees adjacent to the dwelling places, pruning is desirable for various reasons. The foliage we gather from pruning is a source of manure.
However the bird lovers raise objections of disturbing the bird habitat by frequent pruning. I too feel the same from my experience! One way to overcome this is to keep some trees unpruned and prune only a few. In fact the trees which do to grow tall are the ideal ones for pruning.
It amazes me of the different forms of art that has developed around trees- the miniature tree art has become a science by itself!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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