How to prune ginkgo 'mariken'

Late winter, before bud break. Carefully remove dead or broken branchlets with clean hand pruners, cutting back to healthy wood. Avoid trimming healthy pendulous shoots.

Rarely; annual inspection with minimal corrective cuts. Ginkgo 'Mariken' is a slow-growing dwarf weeping cultivar that needs little pruning. Its mounding, pendulous habit is ornamental by nature. Remove only dead or damaged wood in late winter. Resist reshaping — heavy cuts disrupt its characteristic weeping form and slow regrowth considerably.

Carefully remove dead or broken branchlets with clean hand pruners, cutting back to healthy wood. Avoid trimming healthy pendulous shoots.