Stooling
- Subject: Stooling
- From: D* M*
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 12:49:01 -0500
>I hope someone does reply - my tree peony is bushy & leafy but doesn't
>bloom - have tried everything I can think of. Isn't there a method of
>cutting down shrubs called stooling that is supposed to generate new
>growth? Has to be done early in the spring, I think...
Stooling will result (in properly chosen species, such as Paulownia
tomentosa) in a large amount of vegetative ( and generally juvenile)
growth. It is generally performed on a yearly basis for just this
effect.
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Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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