Hello,

I'd be very grateful if you could help identify these shrubs in our garden and advise on whether they can be cut back hard.

Thank you!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T...7_144143-1.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X...817_144209.jpg

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:15:48 +0000, Mitulove
wrote:


Hello,

I'd be very grateful if you could help identify these shrubs in our
garden and advise on whether they can be cut back hard.

Thank you!

http://tinyurl.com/8gtd6fz

This is a form of lonicera. It will happily stand hard pruning. I've
cut one down almost to ground level, leaving just a stump, and it's
regrown to about 3 feet in a single season. If in the process you find
side shoots, you can yank them up and replant - they root easily.

http://tinyurl.com/95vwxbh

This conifer (I've got one so should remember the name but have a
mental block) will not grow from dead wood. By all means gently prune
it back to keep it in check but do not cut beyond the green growth.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

"Mitulove" wrote
Hello,

I'd be very grateful if you could help identify these shrubs in our
garden and advise on whether they can be cut back hard.

Thank you!

http://tinyurl.com/8gtd6fz

The one on the left? Lonicera nitida, probably Baggesen's Gold. It's
sometimes used as hedging. Yes, you can cut it well back and it'll
bounce back in no time, even more vigorous. I quite like them when they
look a little shaggy, but not long after that they can get out of hand!

http://tinyurl.com/95vwxbh

That looks like a Hebe pinguifolia, which I don't have, so someone else
will know better about that one. You can prune some Hebes fairly hard
back when necessary and they reshoot - at least mine have done when I've
got tough with overgrown ones, but you can always root a few cuttings as
back-up, they're quite easy. Often you can find a lower branch has
layered itself (produced roots where it's touching the soil) in which
case snip off, dig out and pot it up in gritty compost and you've got a
new plant to grown on in case the parent gives up the ghost.

--
Sue

On 21/08/2012 17:14, Jake wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:15:48 +0000, Mitulove
wrote:


Hello,

I'd be very grateful if you could help identify these shrubs in our
garden and advise on whether they can be cut back hard.

Thank you!

http://tinyurl.com/8gtd6fz

This is a form of lonicera. It will happily stand hard pruning. I've
cut one down almost to ground level, leaving just a stump, and it's
regrown to about 3 feet in a single season. If in the process you find
side shoots, you can yank them up and replant - they root easily.

http://tinyurl.com/95vwxbh

This conifer (I've got one so should remember the name but have a
mental block) will not grow from dead wood. By all means gently prune
it back to keep it in check but do not cut beyond the green growth.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

Conifer???
It's a hebe.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:37:29 +0100, David Hill
wrote:



Conifer???
It's a hebe.

Oh! I stand corrected. Though still looks like a conifer to my (but in
my defence I'm using a small screen today).

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

First one is possibly Lonicera. Second is hard to id without close up, I'd guess at a hebe.

On 21/08/2012 22:45, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-08-21 17:42:10 +0100, Jake said:

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:37:29 +0100, David Hill
wrote:



Conifer???
It's a hebe.

Oh! I stand corrected. Though still looks like a conifer to my (but in
my defence I'm using a small screen today).

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

I'm using a large screen and I couldn't recognise it! A close up would
be a good idea, too.


I've tried to enlarge the pic, this is the best I can get
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../2012/hebe.jpg
Notice the square pattern of the leaves.
David @ a yet again showery end of Swansea Bay

Thank you so much for the responses, and sorry for the photos--here are some close-ups:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-D...822_121107.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-D...822_121123.jpg

On 22/08/2012 16:24, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-08-22 12:28:52 +0100, Mitulove
said:


Thank you so much for the responses, and sorry for the photos--here are
some close-ups:

http://tinyurl.com/chppqyv

http://tinyurl.com/9sfghz2

Ah yes, those are much more the helpful size when you want IDs of
plants. The answers of Lonicera nitida and Hebe are correct. I have no
idea which Hebe it is though!

First is Lonicera Nitida Possibly Baggesen's Gold
The second is hebe pinguifolia