In all cases, use your common sense, removing dead and diseased wood.

And diseased, insect-infested wood can cause a slew of problems.

Remove any dead or diseased wood from dogwood trees.

Begin by removing dying, diseased and dead wood and any branches that cross.

The fruit bodies of the ghost fungus can be found on dead or diseased wood.

Cut out diseased or damaged wood, but don't do major rose pruning now.

Remove old stems, dead or diseased wood and tie in new shoots to extend the framework.

Save major rose pruning for spring, but it's O.K. to cut out damaged or diseased wood now.

The wind and rain do their fair bit though, inadvertently the dead, dying and diseased wood often gets knocked out in storms.

Start by cutting out any diseased or dying wood and remove any growth that is badly positioned.