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| This bush was growing strong - it looked great - it just got top heavy and collapsed. Check out the photos - what should I have done here?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66284864@N03/sets/72157627318095907/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Photos here
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| Can you tell us what kind of bush it is? Some shrubs should be cut back each year and others left alone. |
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| Looks like a montauk daisy. I don't like them because of the floppiness. Younger plants seem to do better, cutting them back seems to help.... for the couple days they are in bloom I prefer to enjoy them in other people's yards. try a few cuttings next spring, they root easily. You can see if the newer plants do any better. |
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| yes it is a montaulk daisy - so in July I can cut it back and it will do fine? it is mid aug and it has not bloomed. Is that a problem? |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Tue, Aug 16, 11 at 8:10
| Nipponanthemum nipponicum/Montauk daisy blooms very late--Sept/Oct. It should be pruned back at least once a year, recommended early June, to control height, prevent flopping & encourage extra blooms. The reasons folks grow it mostly have to do with it being deer resistant, produces large white daisies that last quite a long time and attracts butterflies. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Montauk daisy pruning information
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| 'Deer resistant' mine is not. I normally would cut my Montauk back by about half when the new spring growth is about 14/16 high. That would occur in early to mid June. However, the deer usually beat me to it. When that happens, I just neaten up their work. The deer never come back to the Montauk a second time in a season, but do come along in July to help me pinch back the phlox right next to it. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 16, 11 at 9:17
| do you fertilize it??? often.. things that flop.. are growing too vigorously.. because of excess fert [which in some cases is any fert] .. or just too good of a soil ... though no one usually complains that ones soil is too good.. lol ... if you fert .. DON'T ... and of course.. learn how to prune it properly.. per the above link .. ken |
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