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Tue, May 29, 12 at 13:34
| I've had this smokebush for 5 years now. I've been training it as a tree and so letting it grow tall to about 10 feet. I started noticing this year that it's been very delayed in leafing out. While I thought it died at first, it just started to produce leaves. In the meantime RP smokebushes in my neighborhood had produced leaves weeks ago - even the one that looks like a tree (that I've been trying to ape). What have I been doing wrong? or should I suspect that my plant is diseased? or is it climate change?
Should I just rehabilitate it and cut it down to a stump? If so when should I tackle the job. Im in Canadian zone 5b (borderline to zone 4). the shrub is located in a southfacing yard. Weather has been unpredictable swinging from really warm to cold. Ianna |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, May 29, 12 at 14:07
| warm spring with hard frost or freeze to follow ... let it leaf out where is the logic in cutting it up because it lacks leaves??? you arent the first to suggest such .. give it a month. at least ... ken |
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| well I was wondering if the tree was struggling to bring nutrients to the top and hence the lack of leaves. I noticed that it's produced new branches near teh bottom of it's trunk. For this reason I thought maybe cutting it down may help to distribute it's nutrients better. Maybe I can get it to produce new branches and will try to get it growing in a more compact way. I will take your advise and wait it out a month or so.. |
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