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RE: Hydrangea quercifolia/shrubs in general

I have one also, I was afraid to pinch off the top bud but mother nature
did it her self with a branch in a wind storm and it helped to create a
lot more growth.

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>From: 	Bill&Bernadette Millar[SMTP:bmillar@istar.ca]
>Sent: 	Friday, April 18, 1997 6:53 AM
>To: 	seeds-list@eskimo.com
>Subject: 	Re: Hydrangea quercifolia/shrubs in general
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>> From: Gail Lussier <lussier@husc.harvard.edu>
>> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
>> Subject: Hydrangea quercifolia/shrubs in general
>> Date: April 18, 1997 9:20 AM
>> 
>> The two Hydrangea quercifolia (Oak-leaf hydrangea) I started from seed
>> several years ago are doing well in my yard here in zone 6 and I am
>growing
>> more this year. My question is about pinching-back shrubs. My 2 year old
>> quercifolia are currently single stem plants. Is pinching out the growing
>> tip a good idea? How do shrubs get bushy? I imagine the answer to these
>> questions starts with "it depends...".
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>Dear Gail,
>
>	In the nursery where I used to work we would routinely pinch back shrubs
>that had not branched out by their second year. its not really necessary  -
>it just made the plants more saleable.  Most shrubs will start to put out
>new basal shoots in their second or third year anyway. (This is why they
>remain shrubs, and not trees!) To encourage older shrubs to put out new
>growth, prune out the oldest (thickest) stems at ground level. 
>	Bernadette
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