Should I split!

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  April 2020

  They're not seperate plants. the take one plant and graft it onto the roots of another, but sometime new shoots from the roots develop so need to be cut off

  Devon.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020

  Silver surfer said:

  WillDB said:

  According to this they sometimes use V. lantana as a rootstock: https://hvp.osu.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/vi_lesii.html
  
  Looks about right
  
  
  

  Thanks WillDB
  
  That fits perfectly.
  In that case it is grafted and the Viburnum lantana suckers must be removed asap.

  Please ignore my 1st suggestion to lift, wash, split.
  New facts have changed that ...see above.

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• JuneJac Posts: 16

  April 2020

  ok so simply cut the two stems of at the base would be ok?

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  April 2020

  JuneJac said:

  ok so simply cut the two stems of at the base would be ok?

  Correct. Make sure you cut the right stems, easy to get them wrong as I've learned to my cost. lol

  Devon.

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• JuneJac Posts: 16

  April 2020

  Brilliant, thank you so much. I have now removed the two stems and hope the problem is resolved.  I didn’t get many flowers from the carlcephalum but hopefully next year it will blossom 🍃🌿

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• Liriodendron Posts: 8,328

  April 2020

  Those cut stems from the rootstock will undoubtedly shoot again - you'll need to be vigilant and keep pulling the shoots off, or the rootstock will take over.
  
  V.carcephalum is gorgeous...  

  Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.

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