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pruning young lilly pilly
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Posted by Doona NSW Australia (My Page) on Fri, Sep 2, 05 at 6:47
| My acmena smithii is covered in new growth, but it's sticking out too far and could do with thickening-up. Is it safe now to prune it back fairly hard even though it has new growth just starting? |
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RE: pruning young lilly pilly
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Hi Donna I tip prune all my natives, but only cut off that odd bit.I would not hard prune them.
Just tip prune or pinch back the new growth to make it bushier....MM |
RE: pruning young lilly pilly
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| i have 30 lillypillies that i want to form a hedge around the garden - they are 3 1/2 foot tall - and quite sparce - i want them to grow about 6 foot tall in a dence hedge. I understand the concept of pinching off the new growth - should i do this now or wait till they get more hight? (currently they are quite bare down the bottom and a bit bushier at the top) - thankyou for your advise ( someone told me to allow them to grown 6 foot prior to starting to prune them.... |
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