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  • #1

    Pruning

    Hi all,

    not too bad with veg, but shrubs etc i'm only just learning!

    I have a buddleia in the front which has some new shoots on but still has the seed heads from last year, do I prune or leave?

    I also have a very large phyllostachys aurea which looks sad with it's big pointy leaves drooping, do these need pruning?

    Any help greatly appreciated.

    steve
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    I used to have a buddleia which I used to cut right back every year and it came back twice as strong.

    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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    • #3
      how far back did you prune it?

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      • #4
        Prune the buddleja back to knee or waist height. I've just done the 3 at school, they've never been done before and the branches are arm thickness
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Buddleias are very forgiving and can be cut back almost to ground level. The harder you prune, the more the shrub seems to like it

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          • #6
            You can cut it back hard to about 10cm if you want, or leave it a bit higher if you want a taller plant (I have a white one at the back of a border I leave to grow to 2m). They flower on new wood so chopping back hard gives you a better display and keeps the shrub under control.

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