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Please can someone indentify this plant and advise me on what pruning is required.Many thanks.

Ruth150Ruth150 Posts: 41

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Looks to me like one of the mock oranges or Philadelphus.   Like other early flowering shrubs it can be pruned back immediately after flowering finishes.  Cut out one third of the stems to the base every year, going for the oldest and woodiest so that the shrub is consistently renewed over time.   Shorten any other stems to a height and shape that suits you.

    Then give it a feed of slow release fertiliser and a good drink if it's been dry.  Pruning  immediately after flowering gives it time to produce new shoots which will flower next year.   Leave it too late and you will have fewer flowers.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • Ruth150Ruth150 Posts: 41
    Thank you Obelisk 😊
  • jblockhartjblockhart Posts: 32
    Perfect advice Obelixx from my exprience of Philadelphus in my gardens.
    James
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