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Need a little help trimming the McCartney on the left. This was taken A
couple of months ago, and it has since grown about a foot taller (close to 7
feet) and dense enough you can't see through it. I am waffling between
carefully trimming it (paying special attention to the center and crossing
branches and just taking a shrub trimmer and whacking it off at about 3
feet high, and then clearing the center.

Admittedly, part of my waffling is it has a zillion buds on it and it is so
pretty when it blooms! If it was tall and leggy like the queen Elizabeth,
the answer would be obvious...Whack and run before it explodes.....

Opinions' are welcome. I am sure I could just whack and watch it come back.
It is a prolific grower.

I relaize it is a little late to prune, but in Central Texas, the darn
things never go dormant, and this is the first time I have physically been
able to get out and work on them......