Removing spent flowers to increase the number of blooms, direct energy back into growth, and lengthen the blooming period.

When pruning a branch, always prune back to the ________________ in order to avoid sprouting new branches from the cut (too far out on branch) and so the cut will properly heal over (too close to trunk).

Hand pruner used more for dead branches; crushes the stem as it cuts it.  The top blade crushes the stem against the plate of the bottom blade.

Hand pruners used for making clean cuts of small branches and stems.  The two blades cut past each other like a pair of scissors.

A one-handed tool used to trim grass along sidewalks, roadways, the edge of planting beds, and around trees, posts, etc...

A two-handed cutting tool especially for shaping hedges.

Long-handled scissor-like tool for trimming woody branches.

A long-handled tool used to make small pruning cuts that cannot be reached with hand tools

A handsaw used for pruning trees.

A narrow saw stretched like a bowstring on a light frame used for cutting small to medium tree branches.

Smaller rake used for raking under and around shrubs and perennials.

A radius spade used for cutting turf away from driveway and sidewalk edges.

A manual tool for defining the edges of curbs, sidewalks, pathways, and other hardscape beds.

A motorized tool for defining the edges of curbs, sidewalks, pathways, and other hardscape beds.

A motorised tool made of lots of small blades that move very quickly, used for pruning large branches or for cutting down trees.