Wednesday, February 16, 1983

This week lets.-go back. to
pruning...this. time shrubs and
ornamental vines. Newly planted.
potted shrubs should” be’ fine
without pruning their first year in
your. garden, but: older shrubs
that are: evergreen almost: cer-

leaving. a. most. unhappy..and
unattractive mess. of chopped off
branches.

A. less. drastic. method leaves.

you -with.a better looking shrub.
Put on: heavy gloves first, and

then reach under limbs that are —

getting too big, and cut away
branches that are underneath.
You. can: take-out. quite large

, yr
By HELEN LANG

and without spoiling its beauty.
Hedges ..such. as)» Thuya
Pyrimidalis need yearly: pruning
and July. is the recommended
month. es
Rhodendrons: that are getting

too tall and gangly with all their

immediately above. an outward. .

facing leaf-node, or just above an
outward facing branch.
Camellias . don’t» require
pruning. unless they are getting
too large, and may be treated in
the same way. as rhododendrons. .
Evergreens azaleas are usually.

- left alone unless they.are growing

‘out over a path or some such_

“immediately

~ rather.

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plant to be cut: back rather. than

later in the year, such as spirea

to have it broken. Azalea mollis. (Anthony Waterer), or
(the one that loses its leaves) does hydrangeas’ that bloom until
better if you remove the dead frost, they should «be pruned

flower heads.

Spring flowering shrubs (lilacs,
forsythias, the brooms, flowering
berberis,.. ceonothus, . buddleia
davidii (butterfly bush) Japanese.
quince, etc., etc., are best pruned
after they have.
finished. flowering. This» allows

‘them to make new growth and set.

buds for next year’s bloom.
One.-of the most popular
shrubs in any garden has to be the
pyracantha with its lush crop of
white ‘flowers in spring, and all
those masses. of red, yellow or
orange berries lasting most of the
winter. Pyracanthas usually grow
so vigorously they need a yearly
cutting back. My favourite book
on. shrubs: recommends. pruning
in May. and June, but | am going
to do ours earlier. It would break

growing. in your garden, do not.
weep, your wretched sick looking
plant: isn’t. dead, only. deeply
asleep, and won’t leaf until long
after. you have given. up -hope..
Prune it’ soon.to: improve ‘and
control its shape.

Heathers are generally given a
delicate» hair-cut > im-
mediately. after flowering.

now. Hydrangeas should have all
old flower heads cut off and all
of the weak growth removed,
leaving your bush with about 10
strong stalks and this should be
done soon as they are already
making growth.

One important. thing that 1
have been ‘told ‘at. the Master
Gardener’s course is that. when
you. do your. dormant: spraying
fruit and ornamental trees, your
should not spray the trunk of
your trees. below .the lowest
branches. On this part of the tree
trunk most’ of the good
(with: the: ominous © sounding
name of predacious mites) have
laid. their eggs. You certainly
don’t want. to.kill them...they are
nature’s means. of controlling
some. of the garden pests,

tainly will need some attention: flowers so high on.theshrub you my heart to prune them when... heaven knows: we need all. the
to. keep. them from: getting too need.a step-ladder to appreciate... they are covered with flowers. help we can get!
large. vhs ces them,:need some sort of attention . St. Johns Wort should be. cut Something on. ornamental
Junipers, for example have ‘a so that they will branch out lower back to about) two inches in vines next week, and | promise to:

L nasty habit of taking over the down: You will be sacrificing this height-as soon as you can get to be brief.

entire garden if given even half a year’s bloom for a better shrub it. If you have a large area of St.

i; chance. Some folks simply takea next year, and | hesitate to Johns Wort, and the bed is fairly 7

“saw and set about murdering — suggest this. Perhaps you could. | smooth maybe you could do this. Garden club

their Junipers,. hacking off prune right after flowering, _ job with the lawn mower. - :

| everything that sticks out and always making your pruning cut. if you. have potentillas © to meet

Sidney and Saanich Peninsula

Garden Club will meet 7:30 p.m.
Monday at Margaret Vaughan
Birch Hail,-4th St., Sidney. Guest
speaker Sybil McCullock will talk

about rockeries and silver foliage :

plants:» Refreshments; | visitors

“ welcome..

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