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| I recently stumbled across the word "leggy" and think that is what my current situation with arrowwood viburnum is. I have four very large shrubs next to a fence in my yard. They are under a red cedar (very sparse) and two other tall, spindly trees.
When I look at photos of other arrowwood shrubs online, mine look nothing like them! Mine are probably a good 8-10' in the air, but they are only an 1" or so in diameter. The shoots go up about 6' before drooping over and touching the ground. I have read this could be due to low sunlight. Without losing my trees...are there any solutions to help them grow up straight and tall? |
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| Move them to a brighter location. |
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| Or thin out what is shading them. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 9:35
| we need a picture to really understand what is going on ... i think viburnum can be near cut to the ground and renovated.. over a year or two ... something about basal buds ... google 'rejuvenation pruning of viburnum' or '...shrubs' ... if you cant raise the tree.. lower the shrub ... ken |
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- Posted by Bioteach44 none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 10:15
| Thanks for the suggestions. I wish it would be so easy as trimming or transplanting, but unfortunately they are pretty mature. Not to mention that my husband would completely balk at the idea of moving them. I did, however, recently begin the restoration process by doing a "rejuvenating" prune. I removed all the dead branches and took out roughly 1/3 of each shrub. Here is a photo of the newly pruned along with the rest of the landscape. They are hard to see--4 tall, leggy plants under the tress. Do you think it is possibly to train them to keep growing up and not droop? We like the privacy of covering up the fence. I was also thinking about planting some spicebush or oakleaf hydrangea in front of them as understory plantings. |
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- Posted by Bioteach44 none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 10:16
| Note: The large "shrub" to the right in this photo that is choking out our red cedar is asian bush honeysuckle. It will be removed. Thinking about a witchhazel or serviceberry in this area. |
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