RE: blue mist
- Subject: RE: blue mist
- From: D* L*
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:51:29 -0400 (EDT)
I'm even lazier - I don't cut mine back at all!!!!!
Denise Leonard
Tanstaafl Farm
Greenfield, MA
dal@shaysnet.com
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Saxton, Susan wrote:
> 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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