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trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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Posted by
linnea56 z5 IL (
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Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 20:50
| I have several, they are all very sprawling. My oldest one is at least 4 feet across, and covering lots of other things. I know this is typical of this plant. If I trim it back, will it branch out lower down? It's still blooming, though.
For next year (this year more or less got away from me), should I cut it back before blooming to induce branching?
Thanks! |
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RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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- Posted by pippi21 Z7 Silver Spring, Md (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 22:06
| Carolyn Aiken from Aiken house and gardens blogspot grows lots of Walker's low and she has mentioned on her blogspot that when hers gets out of control, she trims them back and they bounce right back and rebloom. Check out her blogspot if you are not familiar with it and don't drool. Her gardens are breathtaking and she and her husband do all the work themselves. He is very skilled in building garden structures. You'll be hooked on her blogspot once you see her gardens. I've been following it for about 3 or 4 yrs. |
RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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| i have been growing nepeta walker's low for a number of years now. the last few years, i have been cutting it back after it's done blooming---or, nearly done. has always bounced back, no problem. |
RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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| Mine is back in bloom in about 3 weeks after cutting back to stubs. This plant is very vigorous and rebounds quickly. |
RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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| Mine is back in bloom in about 3 weeks after cutting back to stubs. This plant is very vigorous and rebounds quickly. |
RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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| I trim mine back by about half at the end of June each year and it reblooms about a month later. You can cut it down to stubs without killing the plant but I don't like the appearance that gives. A lady down the street cuts hers to stubs with hedge trimmers (she has six of them edging her garden) and they look pitiful for three or four weeks after cutting. It takes me about an hour to carefully snip mine but that's my obsessive compulsive choice. |
RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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| When you say cutting back to stubs, you mean cutting back most of the length of branches? Like if you have a 3 foot long branch, cutting it back to be 6 inches? I'm pretty compulsive too, I was thinking of trimming only half the branches (like every other one), then going back later and trimming the other half. Considering how it sprawls, braches on top of branches, that won't be easy. |
RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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Usually be the time the color is mostly gone from the blooms, new basal foliage has sprouted on my Walker's Lows.
I cut all the stems back as low as I can using hedge clippers. The plants form nice neat grey green foliage mounds which will eventually get tall again and put out more blooms. Sometimes (if I'm really quick to cut them back), there will be little or no basal foliage, but it doesn't matter - they regrow just fine. I personally find the foliage mounds to be attractive during the regrowth period, and I am careful to cut the stems back very low so they do not show at all through the new foliage. |
RE: trim back Nepeta Walkers Low?
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- Posted by corrine1 7b Pacific Northwest (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 12:11
| I also look for that new basal foliage, but trim stems by hand doing a cut I call the pony tail because I grab stems in left hand using right hand to help pull them altogether, then snip with pruners. |
corrine
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corrine, i am TAKING that Pony Tail name; exACTly how i 'whack' everything! thx so much; perfect moniker!
best,
mindy
www.cottonarboretum.com/ |
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