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Mon, Dec 5, 11 at 20:42
| Japanese holly (Ilex crenata), can they still be pruned at this time of the year? It's about 6.5 feet tall/wide. Thanks in advance. |
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| It's always important to let us know where you are located so that cultural questions can be answered more helpfully. If you are wanting to shear your holly, I would not do that at this time of year. The outer foliage is providing protection. If you simply want to take a little nip here and there, no problem. Probably, the worst time of year would be in the late summer/early fall when pruning could trigger a growth response in the shrubs....the last thing you want to happen at that time of year. If you are in NJ, I'd probably wait until late winter/early spring. What are you planning on doing to your holly? |
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| NJ, zone 7. Thanks, I will wait until the spring then. |
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| The only problem I see with pruning or shearing them now is that they won't start growing until late Spring and will appear cut back for a long period of time. Normally they are pruned just before, or when, growing to minimize the time they look fresh cut. I have never seen any winter damage to them when pruned in the winter, but I live in Zone 8 and the lowest temps so far have only been down to 4 degrees F. Mike |
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| Here's some in my garden a little over 8 ft. tall, almost 9 meters. They have not been pruned or sheared. I will cut back on the lawn to give them more room instead. Mike
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