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| I planted a summer snowflake viburnum in the front of the house a few years ago, which has really outgrown its space. I still have the tag that came with the plant, from a very reputable nursery. The tag says "medium growing spreading deciduous shrub" 4 to 6' tall. Well it is now 10' tall and is totally out of place in it's location. Can I perhaps cut this to the ground and have it regrow? |
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- Posted by strobiculate none (My Page) on Fri, Jun 8, 12 at 21:58
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| Why do you want to cut it to the ground? Why not rejuvenate it by cutting out the thicker stems to the ground, then cut it back half way late winter. Then move it somewhere else. I'll even come down and do this for you and give you my little 3 footer! Or even better lets put a compact growing V. carlesi cultivar in there. |
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| Something tells me you have the species or the facts are off. Although snowflake is reported to get larger than typically advertised, I don't see how this plant grew to 10' in a few years, ecspecially zone 4. Most folks accept a "few" as three years. Also rattling off the tag info tells me you bought the plant as a 4 footer or less. We just don't want people thinking snowflake grows 2' a year out the gate. My species plant averaged 6" of growth for the 3 seasons I lived there. That was zone 5b and was a very happy spot. The snowflake I planted last fall, rocked out 2 or 3" this spring. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 11, 12 at 16:13
| heres the best advice ... since you already stated.. and understand you planted it in the wrong spot ... [no one believes tag info.. lol] when the leaves fall off.. in fall ... MOVE IT ... why struggle.. for the rest of your life.. with a problem ... cut it to about 3 feet.. then start digging.. hoik it out of there .. dig a new hole giving it about 20 feet in every direction.. and throw it in the new hole.. and water it until NEAR ground freeze ... doubt you can kill it ... ken |
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