In article , Christina Websell
writes
My experience with my philadelpus was that it flowered on old wood. After
it was cut off at ground level by my neighbour it took a while for it to
make shoots anyway and didn't flower on them until the following year.
It was a really big one and I was surprised it recovered at all.


Oh well mine I take off all the shoots that have flowered straight after
flowering and then prune back any overlarge ones and i get lots of
flowers every year./ BUT like i said before, i have it by the front door
and keep it to about 4 foot high and no more than 2 or three foot wide.
Maybe I am not taking off all the flowering wood? It seems to grow a lot
between now and flowering it's "Virginal" which can get quite large if
left.

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk