Concept in Definition ABC

We understand by pruning that activity cutting and prilling of some plants intentionally in order to obtain improvements in their growth as well as to beautify their natural shape or give them a new and artificial. Pruning is necessary for some plants as overgrowth can make it easier for the plant to dry out or lose its strength. However, pruning must be done carefully and properly so as not to harm the essence of each plant or shrub.

Pruning is mainly done for decorative purposes since from it the plants can be modeled and adapted to different shapes according to the owner's interest. Thus, pruning became very common in parks and gardens in different parts of the world with different styles that are more or less recognizable. In this sense, the French and English gardens are especially famous, each with a style particular but highly ordered and marked. The Japanese-type garden also gives importance to pruning but is interested in the strangest and most original forms of the bushes. Throughout history, pruning has managed to develop more and more perfection, developing increasingly complex tools for each necessary action.

There are different types of pruning that can be applied to the needs of each type of plant or shrub as well as the space in which they are located. This for example we show that there are pruning to avoid the profuse and uncontrolled growth of trees in cities, pruning of training which are those that give shape to the specific type of plant, pruning of winter or from summer, etc. In these cases, pruning can then also be done for needs rather than for decorative purposes: many times the trees in the field urban are pruned for reasons of safety since they can fall after many years or even become dangerous if they face directly onto the balconies of the buildings.