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  • Pampas Advice Please

    I put a pink pampas in around May last year and it really likes where it is so it is now growing beyond belief.

    Can I trim back a plant and if so when should it be done?

    If I can't trim I am going to end up with a 12 ft multi-armed triffid!
    I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

    Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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    I always cut mine right back in late winter (feb) using shears. I take all growth back to the crown of the plant and pull out any stuff that gets caught in there.

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    • #3
      I don't know if it is the same as the one I had but make sure you protect yourself, they (well, the one I had) bite back, the leaves can be very sharp.
      A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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      • #4
        We have a pink one that in three years had a 4m diameter so we dug it up with a mattock and saw and replanted four bits, but we delayed doing the work because there was a hibernating hedgehog under all the foliage! Dry as a bone under there. And yes, the fronds can cause nasty cuts.
        Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Thank you all for the advice.

          It not a help that the 'beast' is in the middle of my very small veggie area (if only I had forsight).

          I will have a go at trimming the beast at the beginning of the year and see what happens.
          I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

          Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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