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Hi, a gardening customer has the type of willow that makes spirally branches, he says people sometimes dry out the spirally branches and paint them for interior decorations in a vase, hope that is enough to id it. Also a mimosa. The mimosa is getting big and he wants it reduced in height and spread. A reduction cut on a branch back to just above any side branch, so that becomes the new leader is what I was thinking for most of it. On a mature mimosa (20+ yrs) would taking a whole limb out cause decay. I'm not up on all the technical bits of how each species compartmentalise decay. Is there a rule of thumb for mimosa, eg is a 50% reduction going to kill it? I know they say dont remove the branch collar, but if there isn't much of a colar is say a 10mm stub from the trunk about right? With the willow it has been previously pollarded, maybe not correct term, but new spirally growth cut back to 'knuckles' He has previously had it done in the winter nov/dec when bare - do willows suffer from being cut back when the sap is rising and can all new growths be cut back to the previous knuckles? (and what is the term for these knuckles?) thanks
