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Originally Posted by Spider[_3_]
On 12/12/2012 23:12, Emery Davis wrote:
On 12/12/2012 11:57 PM, Spider wrote:
Can you tell me if A. lamarckii, in your experience, is the obedient
tree type or the suckering shrub type?
Spider, ours suckers pretty freely. Definitely not obedient!
Thanks, Emery. Well, I shan't be getting that one, then! Not that I
have anything against suckering shrubs or trees generally, but I don't
want to run out of planting opportunities for other good shrubs. I had
a lovely Berberis stenophylla once, with that attractive arching growth,
but it wanted to take over the world. Took me ages to dig it all out!
I still admire it in other gardens, but have learnt the lesson.
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What are you both meaning by suckering here? Do you simply mean throwing up branches from the base, or doing you mean sending our new branches away from the plant, like snowberry or sumach? Amelanchier doesn't do the latter in my experience.
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