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Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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Posted by Bluebelle_Riverina z9 NSW (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 05 at 23:05
| Any suggestions for keeping this one under control? I have three Cecile Brunner roses (Spray Cecile Brunner I suppose - grown from cuttings, I'm not sure of their ancestry). They are covered with leaves at the moment and are very "thick" bushes about one and a half metres high. Last spring they threw up some very long shoots which I cut back to match the rest of the bush after flowering. How should I prune and when? |
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RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 23, 05 at 23:53
| Check www.reliableroses.com.au for directions on pruning. |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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- Posted by varmi WA Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 26, 05 at 2:13
| This year I shall use my electric hedge trimmer. Will tidy the thicker branches. |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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Simple. If your not worried about pruning it away from something else or greatly reducing it's size for any reason just
(a)Cut off dead or senile wood low down
(b)Remove spent sprays
(c)Tidy up anything untidy
This process will leave you with a bush only minimumly reduced in size which is ideal for this class of rose.
MrThrip |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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| Chainsaw!!! Vrooooooooooooom!! Bzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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blacknwhitemob?
Your a dairy farmer who runs a herd of freisians by any chance? |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 3, 05 at 17:18
| No, that would be Blacknwhite herd. |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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| That reminds me Loz ol fella, next time yer going past you will have to do a positive on our cl CB, been in 20 years so maybe it is, maybe it aint. I presume it is the real mccoy. |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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| Pete recommend removing one old growth per year on climbers, so I am going to try that. He also said not to remove the new long canes as that was where the flowers would be. |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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- Posted by Lynne1 Victoria Oz (My Page) on
Thu, Aug 4, 05 at 18:18
| Well I chain sawed mine, leaving 3 new long shoots, I can have a bonfire with the rest, didnt prune it last year and it has been hugging all who pass, wonder why they dont appreciate that? Magpies are breeding early this year up here, how is it elswhere? |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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- Posted by Snodge Outer Sydney (My Page) on
Fri, Aug 5, 05 at 5:37
Nothing obvious here yet...but then the only time I really notice is when there's little dead chicks or blue egg shells lying around the yard. Guess from currawongs or maggies or something getting stuck into the ferals. Hope so.
Last year the Blue wrens bred in the garden, but I didn't notice till the chicks had left the nest and we're begging parents for food sitting around in the garden. |
RE: Pruning 'Cecile Brunner'
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| Thanks everyone. As I don't have an electric hedge trimmer and our chainsaw is too heavy for me to lift, I attacked them with the secateurs and lond handled loppers. I was ruthless, but then they hadn't been pruned last year as I was put off by all the green growth. Now they've got plenty off chance to grow again, and the snow ball tree that is probably growing too close to them has a chance to breathe. Who knows what I'll do next year! |
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