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Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 11:40
| I have an unright euonymus which is about 5' tall and 3' wide.
The heavy winter snow has split a couple of the woody branches about half way down the shrub. Can I cut this back to where it is split? It will leave no leaves on the shrub! It seems to get scale every year and I am spraying it often. Would it be better to get rid of it and plant something else? |
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| I've found that I can never kill off scale once its established on euonymous. maybe others have had luck but if it were me, i'd wish it farewell and plant something new! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 12:25
| frankly... scale is impossible to control.. and that plant is not worth the time nor the cost in trying... now.. with the damage ... JUST GET RID OF IT ... think of it as an opportunity to put in something nice.. rather than the loss of a PITA .... otherwise.. cut it to the ground.. treat whats left for the scale.. and see what happens .... ken |
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| I third this sentiment. |
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| Even scale on Euonymus can be controlled, and it will grow back from a stump. But I join the chorus of of Euonymus haters here and say it is not worth the trouble. BTW if the scale is Euonymus scale and you have Pachysandra check them for this scale it likes this too. |
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- Posted by dmoore66_gardener 6 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 17:40
| Thank you everyone. I will remove them as soon as it stops with the rain and snow! |
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