My Buddleja Lochinch got blown skew-wiff by last night's wind. It was a
neat 7' high inverted cone. Now it leans at 30 degrees :-(

When I rock it, the ground moves.

Perhaps I should put heavy rocks on the ground around the stem to
stabilise?


Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
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On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:13 +0100 (BST), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

My Buddleja Lochinch got blown skew-wiff by last night's wind. It was a
neat 7' high inverted cone. Now it leans at 30 degrees :-(

When I rock it, the ground moves.

Perhaps I should put heavy rocks on the ground around the stem to
stabilise?

You'd need a fair few rocks!

Tamp the soil down around the roots as best you can for the time
being, then dig around the shallow rootball in late Autumn and
straighten it up.
You could do it now, but the corresponding disturbance to the roots
would leave the Bud vulnerable in the ( ho ho ho ) forthcoming hot
summer.


Regards,



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www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

Steve Harris wrote:

My Buddleja Lochinch got blown skew-wiff by last night's wind. It was a
neat 7' high inverted cone. Now it leans at 30 degrees :-(

When I rock it, the ground moves.

Perhaps I should put heavy rocks on the ground around the stem to
stabilise?


Mine fell over yesterday so Im glad youve asked the question.
I stood mine up again, stamped round the ground and propped it up with
rocks. One branch tore off so a friend said to stick it in the ground as
it might root - that would be nice.
Sarah H

In article , kiticat wrote:

Mine fell over yesterday so Im glad youve asked the question.
I stood mine up again, stamped round the ground and propped it up with
rocks. One branch tore off so a friend said to stick it in the ground as
it might root - that would be nice.

They root readily at this time of year. I would recommend cutting
the broken branch into proper cuttings, putting them in a pot of
sharp sand and keeping them out of hot sun and damp.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:

One branch tore off so a friend said to stick it in the ground as
it might root

They root readily at this time of year. I would recommend cutting
the broken branch into proper cuttings, putting them in a pot of
sharp sand and keeping them out of hot sun and damp.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Thanks Nick! I'll go and pull it up and do it properly!
Sarah

In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article , kiticat wrote:

Mine fell over yesterday so Im glad youve asked the question.
I stood mine up again, stamped round the ground and propped it up with
rocks. One branch tore off so a friend said to stick it in the ground as
it might root - that would be nice.

They root readily at this time of year.

Is it best to leave taking unwindborne cuttings until after a Buddleia
has finished flowering (as I was intending to do) or to start now?

--
dave @ stejonda
Bring culture back to NTL.
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On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 07:38:25 +0100, "dave @ stejonda"
wrote:

In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article , kiticat wrote:

Mine fell over yesterday so Im glad youve asked the question.
I stood mine up again, stamped round the ground and propped it up with
rocks. One branch tore off so a friend said to stick it in the ground as
it might root - that would be nice.

They root readily at this time of year.

Is it best to leave taking unwindborne cuttings until after a Buddleia
has finished flowering (as I was intending to do) or to start now?

Anytime is fine. Slice stem just below a leaf node and remove leaves,
trim it off above the next and leave leaves on - bung it in a pot.
The success rate is something like 90%, I've found.

Regards,



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

In message , Stephen Howard
writes
On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 07:38:25 +0100, "dave @ stejonda"
wrote:
In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article , kiticat wrote:

Mine fell over yesterday so Im glad youve asked the question.
I stood mine up again, stamped round the ground and propped it up with
rocks. One branch tore off so a friend said to stick it in the ground as
it might root - that would be nice.

They root readily at this time of year.

Is it best to leave taking unwindborne cuttings until after a Buddleia
has finished flowering (as I was intending to do) or to start now?

Anytime is fine. Slice stem just below a leaf node and remove leaves,
trim it off above the next and leave leaves on - bung it in a pot.
The success rate is something like 90%, I've found.

thanks (heads off to get cutting from railway line embankment)

--
dave @ stejonda
Bring culture back to NTL.
http://www.performance-channel.com/