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Trim the lower parts of the walking stick tree to remove excess growth and expose the twisted branches in the main part of the plant. This tree is slow growing so don’t cut too much, especially. Oct 18, Best offers for your garden - shrubmulching.bar to Prune a Harry Lauder's Walking Stick Tree. Henry Lauder’s walking. Trim the lower parts of the walking stick tree to remove excess growth and expose the twisted branches in the main part of the plant. This tree is slow growing so don't cut too much, especially from the top, because it takes a long time for it to grow back.

Cut away just. You want maybe five stout walking sticks growing from the bottom, take all the leaves and crossing branches off up to a third of the height of the tree and stand back. If that is not what you want stick them all back on again, no, seriously I will try to find a picture of one pruned this way to give you confidence.

The majority of Harry Lauder's Walking Sticks available at nurseries are grafted plants and require some special care. As often happens with grafted plants, there is a tendency for suckers to shoot up from the rootstock. You must prune off these suckers to prevent the plant from reverting to. Oct 30, Learn how to propagate Harry Lauder’s Walking stick here.

If your plant has this condition you need to prune out any infected wood, and make sure you cut all the way back into healthy wood that is not infected. Sterilize your pruners after each cut by dipping them in rubbing alcohol.

Don’t be concerned about how much wood you cut away.