Can you decrease the size substantially of an Arborvitae by pruning? (maybe a foot or so)
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From:
Richard Hentschel
Extension Educator, Horticulture
DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
A general response is yes you can. Normally start at the top to lower the height, then do the sides from the top down keeping the symmetry. Any new growth will start from the cut ends down several inches.
