Why—and how—to prune conifers

In recent columns was advice and guidelines for pruning oaks and deciduous trees and shrubs. Because conifers also may need orcouldbenefitfrompruning,today’scolumn looksatsomereasonsforpruningthesetrees. Deciduous trees are those that lose leaves during part of the year, while conifers, with few exceptions like hemlocks and larches, are evergreen. Conifers are perennial, w...