How to prune giant sequoia 'blauer eichzwerg'

Spring. Remove dead stems by cutting back to the nearest healthy growth with clean hand pruners. Avoid cutting into old wood without foliage as recovery is very slow.

Rarely; only to remove dead material. Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Blauer Eichzwerg' is a very slow-growing dwarf cultivar with compact, blue-gray foliage. It needs essentially no pruning. Remove dead or browning growth in spring. Its dense, conical to globose habit is self-maintaining — avoid shaping cuts that would expose bare interior stems.

Remove dead stems by cutting back to the nearest healthy growth with clean hand pruners. Avoid cutting into old wood without foliage as recovery is very slow.