Re: Q about melianthus

If you like that look, why not?  I always whack mine back in late winter, so
as to encourage bushy new growth from the bottom, and they always respond
vigorously.   I don't know what would happen if you never allow new growth
from the base. A friend of mine has a Melianthus major forest, which she
never does anything to - they just get tall and the clumps spread slowly.

Reeta
 

> From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@plantsoup.com>
> Reply-To: nsterman@plantsoup.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:28:17 -0800
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Q about  melianthus
> 
> Q about Melianthus major - I have a wonderful M. major that is now
> about 7' tall.  I've reduced it to three "trunks" and have been
> pinching off all the new growth at the base so it just gets taller
> and taller.  Is there is any reason I shouldn't be using this
> approach? Should I be removing the old growth and allowing new trunks
> to develop each year or every few years?
> 
> Nan
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