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Pruning Pyracantha ?
When is the best time of year to prune a Pyracantha to ensure I get flowers
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Pruning Pyracantha ?
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Ged wrote: When is the best time of year to prune a Pyracantha to ensure I get flowers and berries please ? Tain't when, 'tis how. Pyracantha flower on spurs that grow off older wood. You should cut the current year's growth back hard, which is also a good idea to stop it getting out of control. You can do that at any time from late spring to winter, and I used to do it twice a year when I got around to it (i.e. early summer and late autumn). Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Pruning Pyracantha ?
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Ged wrote: When is the best time of year to prune a Pyracantha to ensure I get flowers and berries please ? Tain't when, 'tis how. Pyracantha flower on spurs that grow off older wood. You should cut the current year's growth back hard, which is also a good idea to stop it getting out of control. You can do that at any time from late spring to winter, and I used to do it twice a year when I got around to it (i.e. early summer and late autumn). Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Pruning Pyracantha ?
In article , Ged
writes When is the best time of year to prune a Pyracantha to ensure I get flowers and berries please ? It's not so much the time of year, it's what you prune. Pyracantha doesn't flower on this year's growth, so if you confine your pruning to the long unbranched twigs from this year, you should get flowers on what you have left. Once you have flowers, you'll find that most of the year you have either flower buds or flowers or fruits or stems where the birds have taken the fruits, so from then on pruning is easy. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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"Kay" wrote in message ... In article , Ged writes When is the best time of year to prune a Pyracantha to ensure I get flowers and berries please ? It's not so much the time of year, it's what you prune. Pyracantha doesn't flower on this year's growth, so if you confine your pruning to the long unbranched twigs from this year, you should get flowers on what you have left. Once you have flowers, you'll find that most of the year you have either flower buds or flowers or fruits or stems where the birds have taken the fruits, so from then on pruning is easy. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" This is certainly not the 'scientific' method but it works well for me. My bush was self-seeded near the garage wall so I have tied it to training wires, I find it convenient to keep it about 6-feet wide, by 8-feet high and 1-foot thick. I prune approximately within these dimensions whilst trying to keep a 'natural' shape. Decide how big you want yours to grow and cut it back to that size. In the Spring, I cut back the new grown to the clusters of flowers so that they are well displayed. At the beginning of August, I cut back the new growth so that the berries are not hidden by the new growth. I leave any new growth within my arbitrary envelope to thicken up the bush. If I see that growth at the back is pushing the bush away from the wall, I cut out the offending branches. My theory is that if it wasn't for the flowers and berries it would a very dull bush so prune it to enjoy them to the full. |
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Pruning Pyracantha ?
In article , "John Flax" writes: | | This is certainly not the 'scientific' method but it works well for me. Actually, I think that IS the 'scientific' method, and I think that you will find it described in old books. Yes, I agree that it works well, and the advantage of the double pruning is that the shoots are only large, not enormous. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Pruning Pyracantha ?
In message , Kay
writes In article , Ged writes When is the best time of year to prune a Pyracantha to ensure I get flowers and berries please ? It's not so much the time of year, it's what you prune. Pyracantha doesn't flower on this year's growth, so if you confine your pruning to the long unbranched twigs from this year, you should get flowers on what you have left. Once you have flowers, you'll find that most of the year you have either flower buds or flowers or fruits or stems where the birds have taken the fruits, so from then on pruning is easy. I don't think pruning a large established pyracantha is easy at all. The plant bites back and its long sharp spines go through my thickest gardening gloves with impunity. Good burglar deterrent though. Regards, -- Martin Brown |
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In article , Martin Brown writes: | | I don't think pruning a large established pyracantha is easy at all. The | plant bites back and its long sharp spines go through my thickest | gardening gloves with impunity. Good burglar deterrent though. Oh, it's quite EASY. Nobody ever said it was PAINLESS. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Pruning Pyracantha ?
In article , Martin Brown
writes In message , Kay writes Once you have flowers, you'll find that most of the year you have either flower buds or flowers or fruits or stems where the birds have taken the fruits, so from then on pruning is easy. I don't think pruning a large established pyracantha is easy at all. The plant bites back and its long sharp spines go through my thickest gardening gloves with impunity. Good burglar deterrent though. I suppose this is from experience in my own garden - I'd much prefer to prune three pyracantha bushes than 110ft of hawthorn hedge ;-) If the proportions were the other way around I might feel differently. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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