Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Pruning Japanese Maples, 1 by PudgyMudpies

PudgyMudpies wrote:
Sorry Anna, got sidetracked and did not finish posting. I wanted to show you the pic of how overgrown my yellow tree can get and then show you how drastic I have pruned it, actually, a lot more then in this picture. I do this every spring/summer/fall as needed and it just comes back bigger and bigger. I do the same thing with all the others I have that are not under an overhang like this one and have never had any ill effects. The ones out back get so tall I just lop the whole top off to the height I want. Both the pics are a few years old, the tree is in the ground now and seems to actually thrive when I drastic prune, like in this pic. Your temps are so cold though, I would say wait until it warms up and then prune them to whatever you think they need.
These are a lot hardier then people give them credit for.
Donna