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Thu, May 17, 12 at 14:03
| A few of them lived....and now that the flowering is over this year, I am faced with the decision: Should I try again??? What did I do wrong? I cut them so they were about 1/2 the length they were when they had finished flowering. Should I just leave well enough alone? This is only their second season....Maybe that was the issue--cutting them back in their first season? They were little 5.00 plants I got from an online nursery I had planted bare root. |
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| I've never tried them because I've always been under the impression they were so finicky. Maybe Pruning 1/2 was too much, as I keep reading references to only shear 1/3 of the way, and only if it is well watered. You could always wait one more year to get them more established before pruning again. They are beautiful in full bloom. |
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| I bought 2 candytufts in July last year well after they would have flowered. It was clear from their growth that by August they were well established in my garden but were looking kind of 'ratty'. At that point I trimmed them severely and now this their first full year in my garden they are doing superbly i.e well over 2 feet across and covered in blooms for now over a month. Here is picture of one plant 3 weeks ago.
(Since the time of this picture it has had more and fuller blooms...a mass of white now. I am impressed with Candytuft in that it blooms for at least 5 weeks starting in April for my location and seems to be a pretty tough plant). |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Fri, May 18, 12 at 15:39
| I've sheared mine for years with no problems. They do get ratty if you don't. |
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