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Moreton Bay Fig in a spectacular prune by LTM

September 8, 2011

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A large Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus Macrophylla) needed to be pruned to make room between it and the properly adjacent. This species is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in the north to the [...]

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Pruning ageing (mature) trees

December 13, 2010

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Pruning ageing (mature) trees

Maintaining ageing trees so they are safe and aesthetically pleasing requires a genuine commitment and provision of adequate resources. So it goes, as trees age they cost more to maintain and pruning alone will not mitigate the mortality spiral of a tree. In fact, in some cases it may speed it up. During consultation, the [...]

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