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when is it spring (pruning)
ahh sorry to ask a dumb question but my books are in storage ready for our
move and I just looked out on the sad garden and thought I should do some spring tasks so it looks as best as it can when we try and sell, well less messey anyhow. When is it counted as spring so I can prune back things that take a spring pruning? I am presuming if I do it too early a last min frost could kill the buds/plant. It seemed cold this morning (SE London) so I did part of the budleia so it felt like I had done something but was that wrong? Thanks amber |
when is it spring (pruning)
Fruit trees and roses must be dormant when you prune them. Some flowers
need to be pruned when they finish blooming in the late summer or early fall. Not knowing what plants you are talking about makes it a little hard to give you a good answer. I would imagine that a prospective buyer would overlook plants that need pruning, more so than they would plants that had been damaged by frost. Dwayne "Amber" wrote in message ... ahh sorry to ask a dumb question but my books are in storage ready for our move and I just looked out on the sad garden and thought I should do some spring tasks so it looks as best as it can when we try and sell, well less messey anyhow. When is it counted as spring so I can prune back things that take a spring pruning? I am presuming if I do it too early a last min frost could kill the buds/plant. It seemed cold this morning (SE London) so I did part of the budleia so it felt like I had done something but was that wrong? Thanks amber |
when is it spring (pruning)
In article , Dwayne wrote:
Fruit trees and roses must be dormant when you prune them. Some flowers need to be pruned when they finish blooming in the late summer or early fall. Not knowing what plants you are talking about makes it a little hard to give you a good answer. That's true, but I must dissent that fruit trees and roses must be dormant. They SHOULD be, but most of them are pretty forgiving, and you can certainly prune most roses after growth has started and even fruit trees in summer, if you have to. As far as buddleia is concerned, if it is davidii (the common one), the worst that will happen is that its shoots will get frosted, it will sulk for a week or so, and then put out new ones. You can harm them by incorrect pruning, but you REALLY have to work at it! Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 |
when is it spring (pruning)
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:05:47 +0000 (UTC), "Amber"
wrotc: Last year I pruned the Buddliea right late into the season and it still did well. Its giant now. Best find a house fast then I don't have to worry about it! First time I have heard of anyone camped out under a Buddleia! Hussein Grow a little garden |
when is it spring (pruning)
"Pete The Gardener" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:15:08 +0000 (UTC), "Amber" wrote: ahh sorry to ask a dumb question but my books are in storage ready for our move and I just looked out on the sad garden and thought I should do some spring tasks so it looks as best as it can when we try and sell, well less messey anyhow. When is it counted as spring so I can prune back things that take a spring pruning? I am presuming if I do it too early a last min frost could kill the buds/plant. It seemed cold this morning (SE London) so I did part of the budleia so it felt like I had done something but was that wrong? I've done a lot of mine over the last week or two, but we're a bit warmer than you. At a guess you're getting light frosts at night ATM so it might be worth leaving for a few days, though little harm would be done for most of the hardier plants if you went ahead now. -- I haven't done some of my roses from the winter yet cos they seemed to grow all the way through, I think there was no time there wasn't flowers coming out. Of course now they are budding. Last year I pruned the Buddliea right late into the season and it still did well. Its giant now. Best find a house fast then I don't have to worry about it! Thanks for the tips hugs amber |
when is it spring (pruning)
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:05:47 +0000 (UTC), "Amber"
wrotc: Last year I pruned the Buddliea right late into the season and it still did well. Its giant now. Best find a house fast then I don't have to worry about it! First time I have heard of anyone camped out under a Buddleia! Hussein Grow a little garden |
when is it spring (pruning)
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:05:47 +0000 (UTC), "Amber"
wrote: I haven't done some of my roses from the winter yet cos they seemed to grow all the way through, I think there was no time there wasn't flowers coming out. Of course now they are budding. Last year I pruned the Buddliea right late into the season and it still did well. Its giant now. Best find a house fast then I don't have to worry about it! I finished my roses yesterday, the buddlejas were mostly done a couple of weeks ago (they're quite tough and very hard to kill:-)). The hydrangeas were done last week, I had a moment or two of worry when I heard the forecasts for cold nights but they haven't been cold enough to de any harm. Good luck with finding a new house BTW. -- Pete The Gardener A room without books is like a body without a soul. |
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