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**Jeanied** · 03-07-2014, 10:15 AM

Mine was 'tidied up' drastically last summer - and this year it has flowered profusely

Prune out all the flowering shoots once the flowers are over and then take out a third of the old wood. The bush should then produce enough flowering shoots for next year before it shuts down operations over winter.

**roitelet** · 03-07-2014, 10:19 AM

Thanks, I will remove the ONE flower shoot and thin the rest and see, but I think that I have done that before.

**Bal** · 03-07-2014, 10:25 AM

I have one in the front border, where it gets very little sun as it is north facing.

It didnt flower at all last year. I did nothing to it and it has been smothered in flowers this year. Thanks for the advice on how to manage it. I will be moving it this autumn to its new bed in sunlight, should I cut it back harder or just do as you said Jeanied

**Jeanied** · 03-07-2014, 10:33 AM

It flowers next year on new wood put out this year. It also takes from softwood cuttings

Mine is in quite a shady part of the garden. The hard pruning last summer has made it put up more shoots from the base - it was looking a bit bare earlier this year - but the flowers on the stems I didn't hack out have been great!

**Bal** · 03-07-2014, 10:37 AM

Mine seems to have very drropy stems, it was partly the wiegt of the blooms and partly the wispy stems I think. Should I take the cuttings now?

**Jeanied** · 03-07-2014, 01:36 PM

Non flowering shoots about now should be fine

**Bal** · 03-07-2014, 03:10 PM

Thanks do you use hormone rooting powder?

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