Re: pruning caryopteris shrubs

I planteplanted 2 russian sage last year, kinda small, but got enough
growth so that they should have some show this year. I planted them down
in my hodge -  podge "botannical garden, formerly my veggie garden. I
have red twig dogwood, lavender,hydrangeas, sedum autumn joy, hardy
fuschia, 2 "pee-gee" hydangeas, 2- engleman pines, iris, asst'd poppies &
asst'd ground covers. 


Tony Veca <><
Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
Vancouver, WA



On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:28:45 -0600 "Pamela J. Evans"
<gardenqueen@gbronline.com> writes:
> Well thank God for my gut instincts and this wonderful group. I sure
> will do my caryopteris like my Russian sages which flourish, even 
> though
> a tree fell on one of them year before last. It just had a funny 
> shape
> and leaned the rest of that season. Such a wonderful shrub, Howard
> Garrett is right - they are underused and should be used more.
> 
> Gorgeous and I had hummers fighting w/ the swallowtail butterflies 
> to
> get to the necter. Getting my neighbor Pat a couple this Spring.
> 
> 
> thanks again y'all!
> 
> Pam
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:19:04 -0500
> 
> >Well, Pam, once upon a time I had a very nice Caryopteris who 
> bloomed
> >and seemed quite happy.  I had it for several years and never 
> pruned
> >it.  Then, I read about the same thing - "you must prune it to the
> >ground"...so, I did.  Killed it deader n'  a door nail.  Which 
> goes
> >to prove that you should NOT believe everything you read and you
> >should NOT whack these guys back to ground level.
> >
> >Now, like others who replied, I wait until signs of life and prune 
> to
> >a bursting bud.  Seems the best course with most woody plants who
> >need a haircut.
> >
> >Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> >mtalt@hort.net
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> >> From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] pruning caryopteris shrubs
> >> Date: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:55 PM
> >> 
> >> Thanks Ceres! I read (somewhere) that you should cut them down 
> to
> >about
> >> 3" from the ground, but that seemed a touch severe to me. I sent
> >the
> >
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