Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — Instead of moving forward with plans to chop down four huge ficus trees in downtown Encinitas, the city will undertake an emergency pruning job to reduce their leafy canopy and ...