TL;DR
Pollarding is a formal pruning system that cuts a young tree's branches back to the same points every one to three years, producing knobby heads that sprout dense new shoots each season. Started early and kept on schedule, it holds species like London plane, willow, and mulberry at a fixed size for streets and courtyards.
What it means
Pollarding is a formal pruning system that cuts a young tree's branches back to the same points every one to three years, producing knobby heads that sprout dense new shoots each season. Started early and kept on schedule, it holds species like London plane, willow, and mulberry at a fixed size for streets and courtyards. Applied to a mature tree never trained this way, the same cuts amount to topping and invite decay.
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