GardenBanter.co.uk

GardenBanter.co.uk (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/)
-   Lawns (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/lawns/)
-   -   Poinsettia advice (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/lawns/104523-poinsettia-advice.html)

Andrea 11-09-2005 04:31 PM

Poinsettia advice
 
Hi all!

I'm needing advice on what next to do with my poinsettia, please :)

I have successfully transplanted my poinsettia into my garden. Here she has
grown beautifully for the last 3 or 4 years.
I live in South Africa, so our climate is a bit different - winter June to
August!
Therefore my poinsettia has done its flowering and now as we go into a hot
spring I need to know what next - as normally she would have been hit by
frost and I would have trimmed her right down and she would have "started"
all over again.

But I had no frost this past winter so she is still in beautiful bloom with
the oldest flowers already turning back to green.

My question is: do I prune, trim her in any way now or leave her? She is
huge! And growing a little awkwardly into a pathway. I do not know anything
about pruning!
My crude way of cutting her frosted bits off previously would probably be
frowned upon by any experienced gardener LOL
I think I have just been very lucky with this plant and her positioning.

It just seems such a shame to trim her now as I would end up with odd
looking wooden stems and no leaves or flowers?

Please advise!

Thank you
Andrea




All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:27 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter