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Camelia pruning

trevsgardentrevsgarden Posts: 4
in Problem solving
I have a large and fabulous camelia (when in bloom) however i think its on serious need to a bit of a prune and shape up. 

Im nervous about cutting back to hard. Are there any good tips that wil help make sure i dont do lasting damage and how bes to prune? 

Thanks in advance!

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Just tidy it up all over  :)
    They can take quite hard pruning, but the other way of doing it is to take around a third of the stems right back the first year, and do that over a three year period with the other two thirds, so that the whole shrub is renewed. 

    It's obviously been pruned to have the bottom, main trunks, exposed - like a standard, and that can work very well with Camellias. The majority of them want to be very big shrubs in the right conditions. It's clearly happy  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    Thinking to remove one of mine (age unknown but 10' or so high) I chopped back to 6".
    Changed my mind and let it grow again. It did, in spades!
    Southampton 
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