Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Cutting Pyracantha hedge

KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
in Plants
Our Pyracantha hedge is looking quite leggy, despite being cut only about 4 weeks ago.  Is it too late to give it another trim?  

Posts

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I have been snipping off the leggy bits on my pyracantha for the last few weeks just to keep it tidy. The growth seems to be slowing now. That shouldn't be a problem if you just want to tidy it, but l wouldn't cut back too far.  :)
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    How long is leggy?  I'd be tempted to leave it now till spring but purely because I lost a whole pyrcantha hedge in my old Belgian garden one winter after a particularly long cold spell of freezing, drying winds from Siberia.   You won't get anything that cold in the UK but it gets cold enough to freeze and kill the fresh new tips so I'd leave it and cut them back next spring after the worst frosts.    If thye're whipping about a bit, try tying them in to the main structure.  You may well encourage shorter, lateral growths with more flowers and berries next year.
    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
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd agree with Obelixx - it could be risky taking too much growth off just now.
    If  the leggy stems are low down, you can either prune back the individual stems so that they then bush out, or tie in to get better coverage, as Obelixx says. 

    I don't find it gets leggy, but if you have a pic that would help with better advice too KOG  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sign In or Register to comment.