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Sun, Jul 18, 10 at 10:24
| Yesterday we got a Prunus tomentosa (Nanking/Manchu cherry) on clearance from the nursery. The reason it was put on sale was that the staff pruned the wrong branch, leaving the shrub almost topless.
http://www.hksan.net/maltzXD/temp/IMG_0008s.jpg
Any inputs on how to encourage the shrub to grow upward? Thanks. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 18, 10 at 10:33
| on a new transplant..prune nothing until next year... let it get some root mass growing .. before we cut off all the energy making leaves .... from the pic.. i can NOT see whats below the bad stuff.. if there is a branch of two.. i might cut off everything above them ... and let those 2 regenerate the plant ... and if i wanted it more upright.. i might cut those back until they can support their own weight... ken |
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| New growth will grow upward on its own. |
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