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Fri, Jun 25, 10 at 12:46
| Hi everyone. I love my Goldmounds -- just planted nine 3gal. pots in my front flowerbed. However, I see my neighbor's mature goldmounds and they are so fully covered with pink blooms that you can hardly tell they are yellow shrubs. Is there a way I can discourage so many pink flowers from blooming on my shrubs so that the yellow leaves stay the dominant color? I like the blooms just in moderation, not completely dominating the yellow coloring.
Thanks in advance! |
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| Prune low at end of winter. |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 25, 10 at 15:41
| Prune off the buds as they appear. I do that multiple times a season on my 'Magic Carpet' spiraeas, as I can't abide the dirty pink flowers but love the shrub's foliage color. FWIW, even hacking back the plant to the ground in winter - or nearly so - I've not found to be much of a discouragement to any spiraea flowering. They are tough plants with the ability to take a lot of abuse. |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 25, 10 at 19:50
| I just enjoy the fls for a couple weeks on my 'Limemound', which changes the look, then I trim spent fls. Vòila, there is a change. Dan |
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