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| I moved into a house that had a quince which was growing up through the branches of a crab apple tree. I took the crab apple out, because it was too close to the quince and a weigela. The quince is 6'+, and now that it doesn't have the support of the crab apple tree, it has flopped over. It's located in part shade and looks to be reaching for the sunny section of the yard.
I want to prune it, but all my reading suggests that I might end up ruining is potentially nice vase shape, unless I'm very careful. The flopped over look, however, is not nice. Will it straighten, or do I need to do some work? I'm new to pruning. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, May 30, 11 at 9:50
| google REJUVENATION PRUNING OF FLOWERING SHRUBS .... cut all the floppers out.. as close to the ground as possible ... ken |
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- Posted by gavia_immer z6 MA (My Page) on Mon, May 30, 11 at 12:42
| Thanks, Ken. I read up on that, but my problem is that they are all floppers and many of the stems are the same size. I'm not sure which to cut all the way back and which to trim. Should I lop them all back? Amy |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, May 30, 11 at 17:22
| probably could take it all the way down.. a 'run it over with the truck' type plant ... but just pick 1/3 to 1/2 ... and cut them out ... then next year.. take those out ... no real need to make it a 3 years project ... the problem is cutting at height ... frankly.. if you cut one .. at ground.. it will be nearly the same size by next summer... if you do that at say 4 feet.. then it will be 4 feet plus another 4 feet.. and it will all flop ... that is the point with rejuvenation pruning... cutting to the ground ... ken |
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