Re: Eupatorium coelestinum

Barb:
My eupatorium have done quite well in partial shade.My father-in-law 
helpfully "pruned" them with the weed whacker earlier this season which 
certainly has controlled their height but has delayed their bloom as 
well.
Hal H.

>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:38:47 -0400
>From: "James N. Tilton" <tilton44@erols.com>
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Eupatorium coelestinum
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>
>Janice:
>My eupatorium are also in full sun and are really bushy.  The 3 plants
>make a mass about 3' high and 4'wide - much bigger than I had expected 
-
>and I just planted them last fall.
>Have you ever pruned them in early season to control height and was it
>successful?  
>The box elder bugs (now that I know what they're called) are still all
>over the plants even though I cut them back and they've even found the 
3
>small plants on the driveway from Bluestone that haven't been planted
>yet (I ordered them long ago when the existing plants were only 1' tall
>and as yet bug-free. If I only knew then...)
>Barb (Southeastern PA)
>> 
>> Hal
>> My Eupatorium is in full sun all day and it doesn't have sprawling 
tendencies.
>> This is the second season in my garden.  Will have to wait and see 
what it
>> will do next year.
>> 
>> Janice
>> 
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