Re: Royal Paulownia

I figured you did know.  I thought coppicing and stooling were the same
thing too - usually 6-18 inches.  But before writing that I googled.  Every
item I came across said coppicing was cutting to the ground, which was news
to me.  Stooling was described as up to 24 in so I included that in my
message.  I think these terms, including pollarding are sort of like common
names for plants.  The term means what it means in certain areas and changes
from location to location or from everyday gardeners to educated gardeners.
Since I found this discrepancy, I would be more inclined to always include
the height to cut back to with the term as in:
Coppice the plant to the ground.
Stool the shrub to 12 inches high.
Coppice this bush to within 6-18 inches in height.

This would ensure the reader would have no doubt about the instruction.

Kitty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Cersgarden@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Royal Paulownia


> In a message dated 3/27/04 10:21:02 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
>
> << I couldn't tell from your post whether you thought topping and
coppicing
> were similar practices or that one just brought the other to mind. >>
>
> Kitty, it just reminded me of what I saw.  Many of these were in public
> locations which one would think professionls have performed the work.
Also, some
> were sizeable trees with each branch pruned severly.
>     I believe coppicing and stooling is the same performance which I do
each
> year to my Royal Purple  Cotinus but I am sure we have discussed that in
the
> past.
>     Are you receiving lots of rain?  Flash flood warnings last evening and
it
> is still very dreary and soft rain with heavy spruts now & then.
>     Ceres
>
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