The practice of “coppicing” is similar, except performed at ground level. As with pollarding, if performed annually, coppicing more or less keeps the plant in a perpetual state of juvenility.

John says: "This is particularly so with eucalypts. The ones that I've used in this experiment are quite good for coppicing, but pollarding can be quite an unsafe technique." There are ...

Plus, we reveal five of the best trees and why they are so good for coppicing. Coppicing and pollarding are pruning techniques often mistaken for each other or thought to mean the same thing.

Very few arborists in America condone the extreme pruning techniques known as pollarding and coppicing. Both techniques essentially ruin trees, and deprive them of their natural form. Affected ...

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Just about any other arborist will say that pollarding and coppicing are wrong. These techniques ruin trees so that they can never develop into their natural form. Although restorative pruning ...

For the past few days we have been coppicing and pollarding some of our hazel, alder and field maple, using the cut poles as binders and stakes for our woven fence repairs. Woven fences border the ...

Pollarding, similar to coppicing, is when most of the trunk is left intact. Rather than emerging from a stool at ground level, stems sprout from further up around the top of the trunk. Pollarded ...

Pollarding and coppicing are traditional techniques that are used for timber production, but they're also useful when pruning ornamentals grown for decorative bark or leaves. It can also be used ...

Pollarding is best done from a young age ... More useful in the garden is the technique of coppicing. This requires cutting the tree back almost to ground level. Coppicing is an ancient technique ...