Re: [SG] Daphne Carol Macke

I've pruned it occasionally, but only when shoots were uneven.  I rooted
them with #1 hormex and they took!  Try taking cuttings when it's growing
fast after blooming.
-----Original Message-----
From: MS ROBERTA M BROOKS <ZDST49A@PRODIGY.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Sunday, November 22, 1998 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] Daphne Carol Macke


>Hi Kay
>
>Same thing happened to me, with my 5,6, 7 yr old Carol Macke (s).
>One bit the dust last year.  Yes, they like sandy soil and that might
>have something to do with it...the lifting out of roots so easily.
>But the stems also are prone to crack, that is, split under the
>weight of snow.  Did either the listing or the craking prevent bloom?
>NOPE!
>
>I staked, prodded it upright, mounded compost around, etc. and the
>thing would still list all the time.  and then of course, it got
>floppy too-  the middle would be open - as in what you should be
>doing to apple trees or something.
>
>Last year under the weight of snow, one finally listed right out of
>the ground ;-(
>
>So now, I have only one.  I still would not be without it.
>
>Anyone know about the pruning of it?  When I bought it I was told
>never to prune it as it didn't take it.
>
>So, Kay, I guess the listing, or lack of good roots is part of the
>plant.
>
>Bobbie
>
>____
>Bobbie Brooks, Gloucester, Mass, NEDS, zone 6.5
>
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