RE: blue mist
- Subject: RE: blue mist
- From: S* S*
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:43:38 -0700
I'm lazy. I cut mine back as far as hand pruners will tolerate -- too lazy
to find the loppers or hand saw ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marilyn Dube [m*@easystreet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:21 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: RE: blue mist
>
>
> Marge,
> 6" does sound rather drastic. My C. 'Longwood Blue' is a
> good 4' tall and
> to take it back to 6" would mean sawing the trunk and not leaving any
> branches (looking like a beaver had done the job)! Whereas
> the Caryopteris
> in gallons in the nursery are only about 12" tall right now,
> so cutting them
> back to 6" would give me a nice bushy plant. So I think
> everyone needs to
> evaluate their shrub carefully before pruning back to any size.
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
> [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
> Behalf Of Marge Talt
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:17 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: blue mist
>
> Marillyn,
>
> I once pruned a perfectly healthy Caryopteris back to 6" in very early
> spring - following some instructions I'd read in some book or
> other and
> killed it deadern'a doornail. I'd go with Gene and only
> prune back to about
> 18". Actually, now that I've learned how easy it is to
> kill them, I check
> for bud growth and prune to above some healthy buds looking ready to
> break.....not always as short as 18".
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
>
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