The birch in the front will be naked in a week or so. Once the red maple in the back looses its leaves I'll be doing some major trimming on it. It has filled out nicely since I planted it, but now that I have a patio it's time to remove the 2 main lower branches. This will allow it to fill in with the spring growth and raise the canopy somewhat and not intrude on the patio so much. I do this thing when I trim trees like this, any branches that grow down get removed so it encourages upward growth.