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Pruning Rhodondendrons?
I have some very tatty rodo's in the garden that were here when we bought the
house. They are in a sunny position and are planted in VERY bad soil. They are not large but I'd like to try to save them. I don't have any shade to plant them in but thought that if I pruned them hard and improved the soil they might pick up. When would be the best time to do this? Autumn perhaps? Jenny |
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Pruning Rhodondendrons?
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:10:04 +0200, "JennyC" wrote:
I have some very tatty rodo's in the garden that were here when we bought the house. They are in a sunny position and are planted in VERY bad soil. They are not large but I'd like to try to save them. I don't have any shade to plant them in but thought that if I pruned them hard and improved the soil they might pick up. When would be the best time to do this? Autumn perhaps? Jenny The best time to prune them is after flowering, next spring, when they're making new growth. If you do it in the autumn, they'll not shoot until spring anyway, and may die back (or just die) over the winter. Some rhodies will take hard pruning and come again from the base but others just give up. -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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Pruning Rhodondendrons?
"Chris Hogg" wrote "JennyC" wrote: I have some very tatty rodo's in the garden that were here when we bought the house. They are in a sunny position and are planted in VERY bad soil. They are not large but I'd like to try to save them. I don't have any shade to plant them in but thought that if I pruned them hard and improved the soil they might pick up. When would be the best time to do this? Autumn perhaps? Jenny The best time to prune them is after flowering, next spring, when they're making new growth. If you do it in the autumn, they'll not shoot until spring anyway, and may die back (or just die) over the winter. Some rhodies will take hard pruning and come again from the base but others just give up. Chris I was afraid that was going to be the answer :~( Jenny |
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