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| I planted a couple of Daphne odora plants 2 years ago in the Fall (in my zone, it's often the best time to plant shrubs).
Since then I haven't done any pruning. Up until a few months ago, the shrubs looked nice. Now they are flopping over. The branches have become top heavy. I'm considering pruning but wondered how Daphne responds to pruning. To get the shape back, I'm assuming that I'd have to cut the plants way back to encourage more branching in the lower branches. Is this a good way to proceed? I can see some growth buds pretty far down the stems. Thanks.
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| Sideways growth usual with this shrub. Good for furnishing bases of taller rhododendrons near doors. Not good as a free-standing specimen shrub, does not have a suitable habit. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, May 9, 10 at 9:41
| you need a hosting site for pix.. like photobucket.com do you fertilize??? a lot of 'shrubs' are just really ugly.. when it comes down to it.. i can not give pruning advise without a pic ken |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Sun, May 9, 10 at 10:15
| They are not upright shrubs. If they more are "top-heavy" than normal, stop fertilizing with N. Dan |
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| Apart from natural tendency of this particular shrub to be leaning mound stock purchased from usual sources liable to be rootbound. Garden centers here are full of pots containing j-rooted, kinked, circling and knotted root systems. Even the most high profile growers, who call themselves "craftmen" apparently do not care one bit about preventing root deformities in container stock. Buying balled-in-burlap only does not get around this, the stock so produced having often been grown in a container before being lined out in a field. Or having been grafted onto rootstock that was left sitting in a small band way too long beforehand. The only set where this problem is not, in my experience pandemic is bare-rooted stock. Funny how the one category where the final consumer immediately sees the entire root system, without any concealing field soil or potting medium is the only one where terrible deformities are not routinely presented. |
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