What is the best time to prune my two ~20-year-old Live Oak trees in the Clear Lake area? The trees have low-hanging branches, dense areas that need thinning, and hurricane damage at the top. They’ve thrived, but the density is making it hard to maintain grass underneath.
If maintenance pruning is needed, winter is the best time. Being semitropical to tropical, our live oaks do not go dormant per se, but are thinner in the winter as they lose more leaves prior to production of pollen, etc., and it is easier to spot structural problems.
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