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I have a winter flowering shrub called mahona (charity) can anyone tell me
when they should be prunned ,and can they be cut back hard. It is about 6ft tall now Derek Boddey mobile-07971 572415 |
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d.boddey wrote:
I have a winter flowering shrub called mahona (charity) can anyone tell me when they should be prunned ,and can they be cut back hard. It is about 6ft tall now Derek Boddey Prune after flowering to behind the flower to prevent it getting leggy - as yours seems to have done (;-). I've cut mime back very hard before now and they seem to shrug it off very quickly. pk |
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from "d.boddey" contains these words: I have a winter flowering shrub called mahona (charity) can anyone tell me when they should be prunned ,and can they be cut back hard. It is about 6ft tall now They can be cut back hard, but you would lose this winter's flowers, so I'd wait until late spring to do it. Mine is flowering now, nice scent too. Janet. |
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Janet Baraclough wrote: The message from "d.boddey" contains these words: I have a winter flowering shrub called mahona (charity) can anyone tell me when they should be prunned ,and can they be cut back hard. It is about 6ft tall now They can be cut back hard, but you would lose this winter's flowers, so I'd wait until late spring to do it. Mine is flowering now, nice scent too. Gosh. Is that normal time for the West Coast? I don't expect mine for another month at least. -- Ian Wolfe. Linlithgow. Birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots. Blessed are the peacemakers. |
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Ian Wolfe18/11/03 12:47
In message Janet Baraclough wrote: The message from "d.boddey" contains these words: I have a winter flowering shrub called mahona (charity) can anyone tell me when they should be prunned ,and can they be cut back hard. It is about 6ft tall now They can be cut back hard, but you would lose this winter's flowers, so I'd wait until late spring to do it. Mine is flowering now, nice scent too. Gosh. Is that normal time for the West Coast? I don't expect mine for another month at least. I've just seen a either a Daphne Odora or a D. bholua in full flower. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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from Ian Wolfe contains these words: In message Janet Baraclough wrote: The message from "d.boddey" contains these words: I have a winter flowering shrub called mahona (charity) can anyone tell me when they should be prunned ,and can they be cut back hard. It is about 6ft tall now They can be cut back hard, but you would lose this winter's flowers, so I'd wait until late spring to do it. Mine is flowering now, nice scent too. Gosh. Is that normal time for the West Coast? I don't expect mine for another month at least. Dunno, Ian, it's all experimental for me! Our last garden (in Stirlingshire) was cold and mahonia Charity didn't flower there until spring. Before we moved here a year ago I knew sheltered parts of Arran are even milder than the Ayrshire coast, but the past year has been exceptional. Last winter was particularly short and mild, followed by an unusually early warm spring and unusually warm dry summer (dry by west Scotland standards). Wonderful conditions for establishing plants in a new garden, but I've still not got a clear idea of what to expect "normally". This garden hasn't had a frost yet this autumn. Some summer stuff is still in full bloom (fuchsias, verbenas, hebes, argyranthemum, roses, shrubby salvias), ceanothus and prostanthera are blooming for the second time this year, and mahonia and hellebores seem to be well ahead of themselves. Janet.(Isle of Arran) |
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