Re: Rhodies (but not deer)
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Rhodies (but not deer)
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:13:23 -0500
I think "survive" is more like it than "thrive" - 6" from the ground
all in one swoop for an old plant is pretty drastic. I've got
rhodies 15 feet tall or more...somehow don't really think they'd like
going to 6". Agree with Ran, better way is to do it in stages - and
even then, I'm not sure about that 6" from the ground. Wouldn't have
the courage myself, unless I really didn't care a hoot about the
plant surviving...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Gerry/Bob O'Neill <eoneill@IBM.NET>
> Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:48 AM
>
> While we are on the subject of Rhodedendrons, I just read in one of
my
> gardening books that you could rejuvenate an old overgrown planting
of
> rhodies (inc. azaleas) by cutting them all back to 6" or so from
the
> ground. The author states that it will be three years or so before
you get
> any blooming, but that the plants will thrive on this treatment.
>
> Has anybody ever tried this?
>
> Gerry
