Tree Topping in St. Charles County: Forbidden, Discouraged or Ignored?
Cities in St. Charles County have different views when it comes to tree topping.
The practice of tree topping (sometimes called stubbing, tipping, dehorning, pollarding, heading, rounding over or shaping) has been called everything from "misguided" to "the worst thing you can do to a tree." Property owners may believe that large trees are a hazard, that the tree is too large for the property or that it blocks the view. But websites such as PlantAmnesty.com and TreesAreGood.com list many reasons to avoid the practice, which hurts the tree by opening it up to decay and stressing it by eliminating its food source. It also creates a much worse hazard, because the new shoots that spring up at the cuts grow fast but are prone to breakage. And, both websites agree, it creates a very ugly tree. Most cities in St. Charles …
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Joe Barker
3:13 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
I'd honestly never heard of this before I moved here. I didn't even think it was a thing, you know? To me, it doesn't make any sense. more ›