by Harry Kennedy | Jul 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Trees can recover from storms, droughts, and many diseases. What they often can’t recover from is repeated bad pruning. Poorly-executed trimming over several years can kill trees that would have lived another century. Here are the most common mistakes we see at Wilcox...
by Harry Kennedy | Jul 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
The structure of a mature tree is set in its first 10 years. The branches that become main leaders, the angles of scaffold branches, the height of the canopy — all decisions happen early. Pruning young trees correctly is the single highest-value investment you can...
by Harry Kennedy | Jul 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
New Hampshire has a long tradition of home orchards — apple trees on old farmsteads, backyard pears, even heritage varieties preserved for generations. If you have fruit trees on your property, annual pruning is the single most important maintenance task. It affects...
by Harry Kennedy | Jul 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Ornamental trees are the jewelry of your landscape — dogwoods, cherry trees, Japanese maples, magnolias, crabapples, redbuds. They’re planted for their beauty, and pruning them well means enhancing that beauty without compromising the tree’s health. This requires a...
by Harry Kennedy | Jul 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Hazard pruning is a targeted form of tree maintenance — not about beautifying a tree or opening the canopy, but about surgically removing specific branches that pose identifiable risks. When done proactively, hazard pruning prevents property damage and injury. When...
by Harry Kennedy | Jul 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Deadwooding is the selective removal of dead branches from an otherwise healthy tree. It’s one of the most commonly requested pruning services — and also one of the most overlooked by homeowners who don’t realize their tree has dead wood until a branch drops into the...
