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How do i trim this back?

t.bignell72t.bignell72 Posts: 3
in Problem solving

I am very new to this and need some help and advice on this bush/shrub please, how do i trim this monster back to a decent size, i dont know where to start or imagehow much? Do i take this right back to just branches with no leaves?? Im so confused please help.

Last edited: 23 June 2017 10:56:04

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  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923

    it looks large enough to crown raise at turn into a standard tree so you can plant underneath but retain the height.

    clamber underneath and remove the branches back to the trunk up to about 2 feet from the ground, then thin out the canopy by removing back to a spur in the branches.

    or you could reduce it back almost to a stump and it will regrow.

    or somewhere in between, choice is yours

  • t.bignell72t.bignell72 Posts: 3

    Thankyou so much for your response, do you know what kind of bush/shrub this is please?

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Can you take a more close up pic, I can see it's a variegated leaf, did it have flowers? 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    Could it be a pittosporum? A closer pic of the leaves would help. 

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  • t.bignell72t.bignell72 Posts: 3

    image

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