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pruning photinia's
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Posted by Beginner South Coast NSW (My Page) on Wed, Oct 12, 05 at 6:00
| I have planted what will one day, fingers crossed, be a hedge of photinia robusta. They were planted in Feb of this year and pruned shortly afterwards. They have grown a fair bit and I was wondering how often I should prune them as I would like them to thicken up |
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RE: pruning photinia's
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You can prune them almost as often as you like, they don't seem to mind. To make a good thick hedge, often and little is always a good rule. They really are one of the toughest hedges you can grow.
Cheers,
Dee. |
RE: pruning photinia's
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| I have a photinia hedge 3m high want to prune down to 1.8m is this too severe and can it be done in April. |
RE: pruning photinia's
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"To make a good thick hedge, often and little is always a good rule."
I agree. A couple of things I try to be aware of now is not to prune when the birds are nesting in case I remove too much shelter for their nests and not to prune just before flowering if you want the flowers. As for severe pruning, that always makes me nervous, but I have done it and I have seen other people's photinia hedges come back really well after a good prune. |
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