Cutting back, was acquiring podranea
- Subject: Cutting back, was acquiring podranea
- From: Jan Smithen j*@earthlink.net
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 19:15:39 -0700
On 8/20/02 1:02 AM, theryans@xtra.co.nz wrote
> My book of climbers says
> "frequent pruning may be required to stop the vine becoming too large
> but must not be done after late spring as flowering wood will be
> sacrificed. The plant becomes quite woody with age and it may be
> necessary to cut back with secataurs or loppers to rejuvenate it".
>
>
> Moira
Moira,
More "good gardener" advice has come from you (or your book, but I suspect
you) as off-hand or by-the-way! Some time ago you mentioned cutting hard
back an abutilon "in order to rejuvenate it". So, this last spring (late)
with loppers in hand, I ventured hard onto my poor scale-invested Abutilon
'Mt. Vesuvius', cutting it low beyond the scale.
You should see it now, mid-summer, hot west exposure exploding, no erupting
in firey red. Thanks, and I wonder what other woody plants the rest of you
have discovered will take this drastic amputation?
Jan
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Jan Smithen,
Upland, California
Sunset zone : 19
USDA zone : 10
