Re:Cutting back, was acquiring podranea

Jan,

That would be a really long list. Many woody plants co-evolved with the
condition of being "pruned" by herbivores and/or wind, fire, freezing, etc.
then
pushing out new growth from adventitious buds vigorously when conditions 
were ok again. My experience so far has been that many more woody plants
will
grow well after a hard pruning than won't. Here is a very short list of some
that will, one each for each letter of the english alphabet except y and z
since
I couldn't think of any of those that I've had personal pruning experience
with.

Abelia x grandiflora
Brugmansia suaveolens
Callistemon citrinus
Dodonea viscosa
Echium fastuosum
Fatsia japonica
Grewia occidentalis
Hydrangea macrophylla
Iochroma cyaneum
Justicia brandegeana
Kerria japonica
Lantana camara
Mahonia lomariifolia
Nerium oleander
Olea europea
Philadelphus lewisii
Quercus ilex
Raphiolepis indica
Sarcococca confusa
Tetrapanax papyriferus
Umbellularia californica
Viburnum tinus
Weigela florida
Xylosma congestum

best regards,

Deborah

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Subject:    Cutting back, was acquiring podranea
Author: "Jan Smithen" <SMTP:jansmithen@earthlink.net>
Date:       8/20/02 9:15 PM

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
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