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23-10-2003, 10:22 PM

From: (Karen)
Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2003 11:43 AM
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The rose of sharon in my garden had a beatiful display of flowers in
the late summer. Now there are hundreds of new buds forming in our
cold zone 5!!! I doubt it can come to flower in time before the
weather turns nasty. Should I pinch off the bud to save its energy to
prepair for winter? Or it doesn't hurt to leave them alone in case
they can bloom?

They are 4 years old, 6' tall and very healthy. Thy are located near
the house in a protected spot from wind. The weather is 5C high and 0C
low (40F and 32F)

Thanks.

I think that what you're seeing are the seed pods and not new flower buds. The
seed pods look like buds, certainly. Since rose-of-sharon can be quite weedy,
you might want to cut off the pods now. (I've just done this around my
property.....I wish I'd kept up with this in recent years, for sure.)

Best,
Tyra
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