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| Can anyone suggest how to help my very old, very full, very beautiful Quince bush produce more flowers? We round off the top with electric sheers every summer (so we can see out of the window!) but don't do any other pruning. Is this a mistake? It really is a beautiful bush, but it only makes two or three reddish pink flowers in a season. Is there anything I can do to encourage more flowering?
Also, there's a lovely old snowberry bush next to it that also produces very few white berries. Could it be their age? -- they both must be 30-40 years old. thanks!
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 6, 10 at 18:55
| flowering shrubs are renovated by removing 1/3 of the largest branches.. as close to the ground as possible.. and that is done right after bloom is done.. or about right now ... check out the link .... they are not sheared ... and i speculate that you somehow did it too late.. and shaved off all the buds .... ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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| Ken adrian, thank you for this information and link. Now I know -- no more shears. No wonder, too, that the snowberry looks full at the top and sparse at the bottom. Live and learn. Thanks again.
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 7, 10 at 8:29
| bingo.. now go do the right thing ... and have a great day ... btw.. by taking the oldest largest branches.. those are the ones over the windows sill .. so problem solved ken |
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| Ken is right about how to prune; but my quince flowers quite low down, on the old wood. In fact the top is usually new growth and does not flower. Is it getting enough sun? |
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| jayco, oh yes, it gets plenty of sun all afternoon. Mine too gets its few flowers only on the bottom, and mostly toward the inside of the bush (where you can't see them). In the end I don't really mind not having flowers -- I love the foliage and shape. Maybe with the pruning it'll make a few more though. |
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