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Fri, Dec 16, 05 at 8:36
| I planted a "looking glass plant" about 9 months ago and I need some advice. It was in a small pot when I planted it and it's doing well, the only problem is it is mostly growing sideways and isnt gaining much height. It's now about 1 metre wide by about 15cms tall, I havent pruned it at all and have just left it to do its own thing, but does anyone have any advice on how to get it to grow upwards more? when I planted it, I noticed that the main upward stem had been cut out at the nursery, could this be the problem? or do they normally grow like this? the tag said it would get 3 metres tall but at this rate I'll be too old and senile to enjoy it! ;)
can anyone help? |
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| Coprosma repens hybridises shamelessly and you may have picked up a ground cover version. If you bought a named variety you may need to wait a while before it decides to throw 'up' some new shoots (as opposed to 'out'). You could try pinching back the growing tips to see if that will help it back bud and break closer to the main stem. Stay in the new wood zone; you're likely to see a quicker result - and a better furnished bush. If it isn't minded to reach for the sky you could end up with a rather nice mound to about a metre high and 1.5m wide. In my experience Coprosma has behaved like Ceanothus for longevity. It's a great pioneer plant for hard places but will fade out once the micro-ecology has changed and more long-term plants have become established. |
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- Posted by trancegemini_WA Aust (My Page) on Thu, Dec 22, 05 at 21:56
| thanks for the info vetivert, I'll give it a bit of prune then on some of the lateral growth and see if that helps. I was hoping it would be much taller by now so it's starting to frustrate me a bit. The area it's in is established all around it, and I put it in to replace a tree that had to be taken out, but I didnt need another tree in that spot so the coprosma seemed like a good choice for a bit of screening, so hopefully it wont fade out like you said over time. cheers, trance |
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