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Re: Regional Gardening


Sean wrote:
> 
> I'm sure there are more, but 'off the top' of my head, I am reminded
> of Redwoods (since I was just visiting them last week on the north
> coast and came home to a specimen I'm trying to 'clip out' of a spot
> farr to close to an antique wall - a useless endeavor!).  Sequoia
> sempervirens responds marvelously to 'clipping' as it is nearly
> impossible to kill off without removing the root burl entirely!  I
> have seen many handsome hedges of young saplings, which over time
> tend not to produce the upward rocket of growth, instead seemly
> 'giving into' their pruned shaped (but not it neglected!).  There is
> also a dwarf, spreading clone which does not produce upward growth
> which might be more appropriate for a low hedge.  The new, feathery
> chartreuse foliage is very handsome in the spring, becoming darker
> green in summer.  Fall brings some dieback of shoots in preparation
> for the winter/spring new growth, but the foliage would be reliably
> evergreen and handsome throughout the year.
> 

Sean, regarding trying to check the growth of redwoods, do you have 
any suggestions about how to restrict the many side-shoots that 
redwoods send out from the burls at the base of the trunk. I have a 
large redwood in my yard and I have established succesful 
underplanting (helichrysum petiolarus "limelight"), ribes sanguinum, abutilon and 
even a rambling rose climbing into the tree (Francois Juranville) but 
the redwood keeps trying to establish new shoots around the base.  
I'm torn between cutting them back and possibly just encouraging more 
or leaving them be.  Any advice?  thanks
>
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