Re: Rose of Sharon
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Rose of Sharon
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:37:29 -0500
Rose of Sharon grows fast but can be cut back hard, will sprout out
all down the stem when hard cut. Blooms on new wood. Seems to me
you could keep it as a small standard by rigorous pruning top pruning
- shouldn't have to root prune. Could develop a very thick trunk in
proportion to its height after a number of years. Think you'd have
to spend the time to rub out buds you don't want to form branches, if
you want to keep it as a standard.
I've got some I prune hard in spring and keep about 6' tall - they
don't seem to mind at all and when the deer let them, they bloom like
mad...old plants, like around 20 years old.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
> I've been trying to turn two Rose of Sharon seedlings into
standards. (I saw
> this once at Longwood and fell in love with how they look.) I'm
thinking of
> keeping them only three feet high. In that case, would I need to
prune the
> roots? What if I let them get to be six feet high (when they really
want to
> grow to about 10 feet in the shade). The plants are now in pots in
my
> basement but I would like to add them to a very small (about 10X4)
shady bed
> that needs some jazzing up.
> Thanks,
> Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)
