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Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
I have a gorgeous and obscenely healthy ceanothus of the low growing
variety (repens??) growing at the front of my main border. It has notions of world domination, and is in the process of crawling over everythign else. I would like to prune it but am not sure how or when. any advice? TIA Cat(h) |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
On 2 Oct 2006 10:37:46 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote:
I have a gorgeous and obscenely healthy ceanothus of the low growing variety (repens??) growing at the front of my main border. It has notions of world domination, and is in the process of crawling over everythign else. I would like to prune it but am not sure how or when. any advice? TIA Cat(h) How large is it? |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
Cat(h) wrote: I have a gorgeous and obscenely healthy ceanothus of the low growing variety (repens??) growing at the front of my main border. It has notions of world domination, and is in the process of crawling over everythign else. I would like to prune it but am not sure how or when. any advice? Salut Cath :o) Like Mary, I'd like to know how big it is. I had made a standard, about 2m high and I had never pruned it. However, I have one against the wall, and I prune it after flowering to train it horizontally. They don't like severe pruning but I'd say after flowering is usually the best time. |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
Mary wrote: On 2 Oct 2006 10:37:46 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote: I have a gorgeous and obscenely healthy ceanothus of the low growing variety (repens??) growing at the front of my main border. It has notions of world domination, and is in the process of crawling over everythign else. I would like to prune it but am not sure how or when. any advice? TIA Cat(h) How large is it? Gasp, I have just noticed that my first reply was cross posted to a whole pile of newsgroups including alt.kitchen.sink - though not sure how or why. With humblest apologies for not noticing before clicking send. Cat(h) |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
Mary wrote: On 2 Oct 2006 10:37:46 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote: I have a gorgeous and obscenely healthy ceanothus of the low growing variety (repens??) growing at the front of my main border. It has notions of world domination, and is in the process of crawling over everythign else. I would like to prune it but am not sure how or when. any advice? TIA Cat(h) How large is it? Ok - this is just spooky... I have already answered this question, and my guess is that for reasons I can't quite figure out, my reply was posted all over cyberspace... except urg.... (All weird newsgroups pruned from this reply) Here I go again: the ceanothus is about 1.50m in diameter by about 40 to 50 cm high. I note that I'll have to wait till next year to clip it gently after flowering. It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded bits to add to my compost heap :-( Thank you all, in any case :-) Cat(h) |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
Cat(h) wrote: It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded bits to add to my compost heap :-( Why don't you do a spot of whitling? |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus - booby trapped postings
"Cat(h)" wrote in message Ok - this is just spooky... I have already answered this question, and my guess is that for reasons I can't quite figure out, my reply was posted all over cyberspace... except urg.... (All weird newsgroups pruned from this reply) Cat(h) You need to beware there are a few trolls posting on URG, pretending to be gardeners. They post new messages or replies to existing threads, usually in a contentious nature so they elicit lots of replies. However, they "booby trap" their post so that despite it only showing uk.reg.gardening any replies are sent NOT to URG but instead to a whole load of other newsgroups. They do this by setting the "follow-up" part of their message to these other groups. Their sole intention is to trick you into bombarding other groups with messages that the subscribers to those groups aren't interested in. I suspect it is kids mucking about, getting a kick out of winding others up. So before you click "Send" always take a glance at where the post is going to go - and edit it necessary! -- David .... Email address on website http://www.avisoft.co.uk .... Blog at http://dlts-french-adventures.blogspot.com/ |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
La Puce wrote: Cat(h) wrote: It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded bits to add to my compost heap :-( Why don't you do a spot of whitling? And what's that when it's at home? Cat(h) |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
On 3 Oct 2006 06:23:23 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
included this (or some of this): La Puce wrote: Cat(h) wrote: It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded bits to add to my compost heap :-( Why don't you do a spot of whitling? And what's that when it's at home? It's probably whittling during a tea shortage. -- ®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus - booby trapped postings
On 3/10/06 14:15, in article , "David
in Normandy" wrote: "Cat(h)" wrote in message Ok - this is just spooky... I have already answered this question, and my guess is that for reasons I can't quite figure out, my reply was posted all over cyberspace... except urg.... (All weird newsgroups pruned from this reply) Cat(h) You need to beware there are a few trolls posting on URG, pretending to be gardeners. They post new messages or replies to existing threads, usually in a contentious nature so they elicit lots of replies. However, they "booby trap" their post so that despite it only showing uk.reg.gardening any replies are sent NOT to URG but instead to a whole load of other newsgroups. They do this by setting the "follow-up" part of their message to these other groups. Their sole intention is to trick you into bombarding other groups with messages that the subscribers to those groups aren't interested in. I suspect it is kids mucking about, getting a kick out of winding others up. So before you click "Send" always take a glance at where the post is going to go - and edit it necessary! Some follow ups don't show up unless you look at the Internet Headers. So it's worth doing that if you're suspicious. We had one like that yesterday which someone - Bob? - warned us all about. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus - booby trapped postings
"Sacha" wrote "David in Normandy" wrote: snip So before you click "Send" always take a glance at where the post is going to go - and edit it necessary! Some follow ups don't show up unless you look at the Internet Headers. So it's worth doing that if you're suspicious. We had one like that yesterday which someone - Bob? - warned us all about. I expect it's different for each newsreader, but in OE you can click on the view menu in the message reply window and check the 'all headers' option. -- Sue |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ wrote: On 3 Oct 2006 06:23:23 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and included this (or some of this): La Puce wrote: Cat(h) wrote: It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded bits to add to my compost heap :-( Why don't you do a spot of whitling? And what's that when it's at home? It's probably whittling during a tea shortage. I'll only do that if ceanothus tea has interesting hallucinogenic or aphrodisiac effects, or some other worthwhile nutritional value. Meanwhile, what is whittling with two ts when it's at home? Plucking the tips, as in "whittling away"? Cat(h) |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
On 3 Oct 2006 07:00:01 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
included this (or some of this): ®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ wrote: On 3 Oct 2006 06:23:23 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and included this (or some of this): La Puce wrote: Cat(h) wrote: It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded bits to add to my compost heap :-( Why don't you do a spot of whitling? And what's that when it's at home? It's probably whittling during a tea shortage. I'll only do that if ceanothus tea has interesting hallucinogenic or aphrodisiac effects, or some other worthwhile nutritional value. Meanwhile, what is whittling with two ts when it's at home? Plucking the tips, as in "whittling away"? Meriam-Webster Main Entry: 2whittle Function: verb Inflected Form(s): whit·tled; whit·tling /'hwit-li[ng], 'wit-; 'hwi-t&l-i[ng], 'wi-/ transitive verb 1 a : to pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife b : to shape or form by so paring or cutting 2 : to reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits with a knife : PARE whittle down expenses intransitive verb 1 : to cut or shape something (as wood) by or as if by paring it with a knife 2 : to wear oneself or another out with fretting - whit·tler /'hwit-l&r, 'wit-; 'hwi-t&l-&r, 'wi-/ noun 1 -- ®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ |
Advice on pruning creeping ceanothus
®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ wrote: On 3 Oct 2006 07:00:01 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and included this (or some of this): Meriam-Webster Main Entry: 2whittle Function: verb Inflected Form(s): whit·tled; whit·tling /'hwit-li[ng], 'wit-; 'hwi-t&l-i[ng], 'wi-/ transitive verb 1 a : to pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife b : to shape or form by so paring or cutting 2 : to reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits with a knife : PARE whittle down expenses intransitive verb 1 : to cut or shape something (as wood) by or as if by paring it with a knife 2 : to wear oneself or another out with fretting - whit·tler /'hwit-l&r, 'wit-; 'hwi-t&l-&r, 'wi-/ noun 1 OK, so I'll go and fret madly in the viscinity of my ceanothus with a paring knife to reduce its size gradually. If the neighbours ask difficult questions, I'll just tell them I got very expert advice. That works for me :-) Cat |
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