I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop. How much can I
take off without killing it?

Thanks )
Lorraine

'Lorraine',

http://www.greenchronicle.com/garden...osemary_q4.htm

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop. How
much can I
take off without killing it?

Thanks )
Lorraine

In article ,
ojunk (GoldDustRhiannon) writes:
| I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop. How much can I
| take off without killing it?

Quite a lot, but it may die anyway. Rosemaries do drop dead in many
locations after a few years. I recommend layering it, which will
give you new plants after a year. You can then remove the old bush
entirely.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"GoldDustRhiannon" wrote in message
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I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop. How much
can I
take off without killing it?

As much as you please, as long as you leave the odd bit of green growth
below your cut.


Franz

I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop. How
much can I
take off without killing it?

Thanks )
Lorraine


I dont think your Rosemary will regenerate from 'brown' wood. So cut
into the green parts all you like, but dont go down into the brown.

If it really is much too big then you will not be able to reduce the
size enough without cutting into the brown wood. In which case
cuttings are your best bet.

".......... I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop.
How much can I take off without killing it?........"

I would put in some cuttings, some don't survive the hard cutting that they
get.


--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
".......... I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious
chop.
How much can I take off without killing it?........"

I would put in some cuttings, some don't survive the hard cutting that
they
get.

I have grown rosemary all my lengthy adult life and have never lost one
except by intent. Whenever I have had to reduce them, I have simply
followed the rule of making sure that there is at least a vestige of green
growth left below the cut.

Franz

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
".......... I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious
chop.
How much can I take off without killing it?........"

I would put in some cuttings, some don't survive the hard cutting that
they
get.

I have grown rosemary all my lengthy adult life and have never lost one
except by intent. Whenever I have had to reduce them, I have simply
followed the rule of making sure that there is at least a vestige of green
growth left below the cut.

Franz

In article ,
Franz Heymann wrote:

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
".......... I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious
chop.
How much can I take off without killing it?........"

I would put in some cuttings, some don't survive the hard cutting that
they
get.

I have grown rosemary all my lengthy adult life and have never lost one
except by intent. Whenever I have had to reduce them, I have simply
followed the rule of making sure that there is at least a vestige of green
growth left below the cut.

It is VERY dependent on the conditions. I have lost many, and the
soil here is 60% sand and only 22% clay, but there is some fungus
that causes root rot.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Franz Heymann wrote:

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
".......... I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious
chop.
How much can I take off without killing it?........"

I would put in some cuttings, some don't survive the hard cutting that
they
get.

I have grown rosemary all my lengthy adult life and have never lost one
except by intent. Whenever I have had to reduce them, I have simply
followed the rule of making sure that there is at least a vestige of
green
growth left below the cut.

It is VERY dependent on the conditions. I have lost many, and the
soil here is 60% sand and only 22% clay, but there is some fungus
that causes root rot.

My first 3 decades of gardening were on the Bagshot sands.
The past 2 decades have been on good loam, very slightly on the acid side,
less than 6 inches on broken sandstone bedrock. I have never been aware of
deleterious fungal problems.

Franz

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Franz Heymann wrote:

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
".......... I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious
chop.
How much can I take off without killing it?........"

I would put in some cuttings, some don't survive the hard cutting that
they
get.

I have grown rosemary all my lengthy adult life and have never lost one
except by intent. Whenever I have had to reduce them, I have simply
followed the rule of making sure that there is at least a vestige of
green
growth left below the cut.

It is VERY dependent on the conditions. I have lost many, and the
soil here is 60% sand and only 22% clay, but there is some fungus
that causes root rot.

My first 3 decades of gardening were on the Bagshot sands.
The past 2 decades have been on good loam, very slightly on the acid side,
less than 6 inches on broken sandstone bedrock. I have never been aware of
deleterious fungal problems.

Franz

On 20 Nov 2003 23:32:00 GMT, ojunk (GoldDustRhiannon) wrote:

I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop. How much can I
take off without killing it?

Thanks )
Lorraine

I'm a newbie gardener, and not the most green fingered. We bought a little rosemary a
couple of years ago and it grew like wildfire. Last year I took a cutting or 2,
dipped the end in rooting hormone and potted it up. The one I planted is now a couple
of feet tall and looks like a proper bush. This year I took lots of cuttings. We will
be having rosemary in the front garden too (to mend a hedge my neighbour tonsured)
and pretty much the whole street will have their own plant. This stuff is easy peasy!
And the weeds don't like it either:-)

On the downside... we had roofers and scaffolding at the beginning of the year and I
had to basically cut the houseward side of the bush right off. It's still lopsided,
but thriving.

hth

Liz

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
ojunk (GoldDustRhiannon) writes:
| I have an old and sprawling rosemary which needs a serious chop. How
much can I
| take off without killing it?

Quite a lot, but it may die anyway. Rosemaries do drop dead in many
locations after a few years. I recommend layering it, which will
give you new plants after a year. You can then remove the old bush
entirely.

Or just put a cutting in a pot - it can be more convenient than layering.

My 'original' rosemary was a cutting from a friend's bush some thirty years
ago and I've supplied 'children' with them too.

Mary

Mary


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
Mary Fisher wrote:
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

I recommend layering it, which will
give you new plants after a year. You can then remove the old bush
entirely.

Or just put a cutting in a pot - it can be more convenient than layering.

My success rate with cuttings is a lot lower than for layering.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , Franz Heymann
writes

My first 3 decades of gardening were on the Bagshot sands.
The past 2 decades have been on good loam, very slightly on the acid side,
less than 6 inches on broken sandstone bedrock. I have never been aware of
deleterious fungal problems.

I'm on soggy clay. I have lost one to a fungal like thing - there
appears to be a grey fungal blob at the base of all the leaves on one
stem, then all the leaves on that stem go brown and die, and gradually
the whole plant gets taken over. I think one of the otehrs got it but I
caught it in time. All the rest are still flourishing.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm