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Pruning Flowering Currant

Sharon2000Sharon2000 Posts: 3
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I have a large Flowering Currant bush which has large buds on it at the moment.

When is the best time to prune this as there are some largish branches that I would like to cut back.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    Immediately after flowering finishes as it flowers on wood produced the previous year.   Take the large branches back to the main stem if you like and trim the rest back by a third to a half.

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    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    Prune it immediately after flowering ... take out the oldest stems ... up to a third of the total stems in the whole plant ... cut them hard back to an outward facing bud.  

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  • Sharon2000Sharon2000 Posts: 3

    So nothing now?

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    Not now ... if you prune now you'll lose the flowers ... it flowers on wood produced in the previous year.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    If you like the flowers, be patient.  If not, just take out the whole bush and plant something more attractive with a longer season of interest.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Sharon2000Sharon2000 Posts: 3

    Thank you, I'll be patient

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