Before and After

Maple trees

Three maple trees, all on the same street, all the same age and same species, showing the difference between trained and untrained trees
Never trained, tree out of balance, poor structure, years of growth wasted
Maple trained and pruned, tree in balance

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Apple trees

Apple tree neglected, with crowded conflicting branches, poor fruiting	Close-up of apple branches
Apple tree pruned to let light in, and encourage fruiting. Balanced branch structure, weight and symmetry
Apple tree in leaf, corrected balance	Apple tree trained as espalier

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Purple plum trees

Purple plum neglected, crowded, conflicting branches, poor structure and wasted growth	Purple plum trained, open, well balanced and spaced branches

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Chinese Elm trees

Chinese elm before	Chinese elm after

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Japanese maple trees

Japanese maple overgrown, before pruning	Japanese maple, after pruning

Japanese maple, before	Japanese maple, after

Japanese maple, before	Japanese maple, after

Japanese maple, before	Japanese maple, after

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Steve Pirus
Tree trimming, Tree pruning
Vancouver, Washington
360-887-0150
info@expertpruning.com

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