Advice on pruning overgrown pussywillow
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Comments (5)I have several of them, and I'm just pruning them now. I don't like a shorn geometric look, so I prune them a branch at a time, with plain old hand pruners. It's tedious, but I think it looks more natural. The object is to cut out the longest branches, that contain most of the previous year's growth. Yours have gone for more than a year without pruning, but the technique is the same. Stand well back, and look at each plant. Decide what shape you want it to have, and then just start cutting. Here are before and after photos. Again, I wouldn't cut them round like this, but the photos will show you what branches are removed. Look at the wall and window behind the shrub, and the bed beneath it, and you'll see how much it's size was reduced....See MoreHelp! Need pruning advice for overgrown lace caps.
Comments (7)Endless Summer is not the name of a specific cultivar of hydrangea but rather of a series of reblooming hydrangeas. The one most folks refer to as "endless summer" is really Endless Summer - The Original, as it was the first in the series. Both Blushing Bride and Twist and Shout are Endless Summer hydrangeas - Twist and Shout IS a lacecap so that could be what you have. If it is part of the Endless Summer series (would have come in blue pot) then you should be able to prune now and still get flowers. Pruning hard now will remove the early flowering - those blossoms that develop on older growth - but you should still be able to realize flowering later in the season from the new growth. However, this new growth flowering does not seem to be 100% reliable for all the Endless Summer hydrangeas. Here is a link that might be useful: The Endless Summer collection...See Morepruning overgrown bushes
Comments (4)To augment the above... Mock orange can be pruned immediately after flowering by cutting back the outer stems that have flowered. Each cut should be made just above a strong, outer facing bud or new shoot. Next years blooms will appear from these buds. As for spirea: those that bloom early in the spring such as Bridalwreath and Snowmound should be pruned right after they flower because they bloom on old wood. Spireas can become woody and unproductive as they age. In old established plants, the oldest stems can be cut out at the base of the plant to encourage new growth. Summer-blooming varieties such as all of the Spirea Japonica and S. bumalda can be pruned in early spring. They bloom on new growth. To keep them full, summer-blooming varieties are often pruned back hard, removing 1/2 or more of their growth. You can cut off the faded flowers of summer-blooming varieties, too,if you find them unsightly....See MorePruning an overgrown Monstera Deliciosa
Comments (2)I just have to say, that Mentha knows what she's talking about, it makes sense. But I had to chime in, because that is one giant plant! Actually, I'm kind of surprised it made it out in Oregon, just because of the no sun factor. Good job! I recently bought a tiny (relative to a normal one) Monstera, it was two cuttings in the pot to look like one plant. The lady told me to be patient, it may take a bit for the second cutting to root. Nope......I swear it didn't take more than a few days and it rooted, and it's growing like one cohesive plant. So I shouldn't think you will have any trouble rooting the cuttings back into the pot. The only thing I did was tie the large stems together with a cut rubber band looped around both big stems. I didn't think that flimsy little green garden tape would do. I water mine when it gets dry, and ignore it in between and it seems to like that. Good luck!...See More- 6 years ago
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