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Ovegrown dogwood
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Is it possible to coppice an overgrown dogwood? I'd just have at it when it's the appropriate time, but we live in a rental and I'm afraid of ruining the thing. Thank you! |
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Normal time is late spring, after you've had time to enjoy the stems but giving time for new stems to grow for next year. If it hasn't been pruned for many years, I'd be worried about doing it all in one go, I might do it over 2 or 3 years. None of this applies if it's one of the other Cornus species, grown for flowers rather than stem colour.
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Ovegrown dogwood
"kay" wrote in message ... Mitulove;967741 Wrote: Hello, Is it possible to coppice an overgrown dogwood? I'd just have at it when it's the appropriate time, but we live in a rental and I'm afraid of ruining the thing. Thank you! If it's one of the dogwoods with coloured stems, it's normal to coppice it, as it's the young stems that have the best colour. Normal time is late spring, after you've had time to enjoy the stems but giving time for new stems to grow for next year. I agree with Kay - Dogwoods with the lovely red stems are seen at their best over the winter months. I have, but a couple of plants, which did remarkably well after a spring "cuting back". Bill |
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Well, some of the very new growth is a pinkish colour and the flowers were very puny and not terribly interesting, so I'm guessing it's one grown for the stems. We thinned the thing out about a month ago because it was so tangled and congested and has a terrible mildew problem. It survived this procedure OK, it seems. It's still about 7'X7'. Is it vital to wait until winter/spring to cut it back? It would be nice to be able to better access the area underneath to plant some bulbs and whatnot.
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Ovegrown dogwood
On 29/08/2012 18:22, Mitulove wrote:
Hello, Is it possible to coppice an overgrown dogwood? I'd just have at it when it's the appropriate time, but we live in a rental and I'm afraid of ruining the thing. Thank you! Is it one with coloured stems that you look at in winter or a flowering one. Your best bet now is cut out the oldest thickest boring looking stems low down and retain the ones with decent colour. Then prune again in spring to remove less coloured wood after it starts into growth. They survive industrial gardening with a a chain saw so I expect they are pretty hard to kill. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Ovegrown dogwood
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:46:02 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote: They survive industrial gardening with a a chain saw so I expect they are pretty hard to kill. ....unless they are the variegated type, which grow slower. I once cut back a variegated dogwood very hard before I knew this, it has taken a long time to recover. Gardening on Wilts/Somerset border on slightly alkaline clay. |
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Ovegrown dogwood
On 29/08/2012 23:35, cotula wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:46:02 +0100, Martin Brown wrote: They survive industrial gardening with a a chain saw so I expect they are pretty hard to kill. ...unless they are the variegated type, which grow slower. I once cut back a variegated dogwood very hard before I knew this, it has taken a long time to recover. It is still alive though! -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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Indeed, if someone gave my Cornus kousa the kind of pruning I give to my Cornus alba, I would be extremely upset.
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