To the Nubs: Tree 'topping' at center goes awry

(Winston-Salem Journal) - The topping of more than 150 trees at a shopping center off University Parkway has some city officials contemplating the need for either stronger zoning rules or efforts to teach the proper way to care for trees planted in parking lots.

The trees in the parking lot at North Summit Square shopping center were topped last month. And the leaf-lined branches of oak, maple and pear trees that once reached nearly 20 feet tall were reduced to nubs.