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pruning cistaceous plants

	Dear Jose,				17 Aug. 1998

	Ken Montgomery of Anderson Valley Nuursery in Boonville
	California only grows cistaceous plants and is the world's
	expert on this important group of mediterraneans.

	He feels that cistus and halimiums should be pruned after
	bloom annually from the time they are young and this will
	make them much longer lived and better looking.

	He does however recommend replanting when a specimen has been
	allowed to become leggy and woody.  I am shortly going to replace
	some of my collection and try his method.  He always knows what
	he is talking about.

	In my garden I have a 20 year old Cistus 'Sunset' which has accepted
	fairly drastic pruning but is really now ready for replacement.
	On my drought slope above San Francisco Bay 'Sunset' blooms 365
	days a year so how do you prune after bloom???  My favorite
	cistuses x aguillari, albidus, ladanifer and palhinae have very
	short bloom periods so should be able to be treated as per
	Ken's instructions.  Also my second favorite x scanbergii is
	an everbloomer in my garden.  My plan is to prune 'Sunset' and
	'scanbergii' when I prune palinhae in early summer and to prune
	drastically but not below active growth.  Jope this is helpful.

	Glad to be back from broiling Bavaria and in my med climate.
	As always,

Michael Barclay, D.Lett.   opga@wenet.net
Opera Education International/OEI, Berkeley, CA  www.operalover.net
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