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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
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USA
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 Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 1:32:44 PM
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I have some bushes that I need to prune and I am hoping that someone can tell me the best time to do this.
I have lilacs and also some roses, but they are the tiny bush ones, not a standard or a wild rose bush...the flowers are about 2" across when in full bloom and they are very fragrant...
Thanks for any info you can give me or books you can direct me to,
Faith
"All television is educational television. The only question is, what is it teaching?"-Fmr. FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 4:27:56 PM
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Prune lilacs immediately after flowering -- that way you won't be pruning off the lilac buds before blossoming. If you have old lilacs that you want to bring down severely in height, prune 1/3 of the large trunks all the way down to the ground and repeat each year for three years total. The lilac will send up new shoots from the ground and bush out beautifully. Also fertilize heavily -- lilacs are heavy feeders. We put down good composted horse manure in the late fall.
If you have low shrub roses, like Rosa 'The Fairy' for instance, you can prune them to shape and to take off winter damage in early spring -- I prune mine just as soon as I can, usually March. Roses can be pruned throughout the season as well. They are also heavy feeders -- just be careful not to fertilize late in the season, as that would push new growth just when the rose needs to go dormant.
My (landscaper) husband's favorite pruning book is Pruning Simplified.
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 8:21:09 PM
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| What about peach tree pruning?? Could I still do that or would I snip off the dormant buds that are about to emerge?!! |
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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
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Posted - Jan 23 2007 : 10:15:37 PM
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Thanks, katie-ell and your hubby!
I'll check out that book.
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Pruning query
