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Identify please

linzi64uklinzi64uk Posts: 89
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Can someone give me the name of this large shrub. It’s been in my garden since moving in six year a go but only the last couple of years it has flowered. Any suggestions of pruning/cutting back will be welcome. I’m not concerned about it getting bigger as it has lots of room to grow without affecting any other plants….thank you x

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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    It's a weigelia linzie64uk. It could be golden jackpot but someone might know more about them than I do. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Prune after flowering.
    I take about a third of the shoots back to the ground and other shoots back to non flowered buds.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You can prune after flowering. Just take the stems back to a leaf/stem joint. That gives it time to harden off the new growth before winter.
    You can remove some stems completely to rejuvenate them. The usual way to do that is to remove about a third of the stems right back, and then do the same in the following 2 years to the other two thirds    :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • linzi64uklinzi64uk Posts: 89
    Thank you for the info punkdoc and Fairygirl. I will prune as explained when it’s finished flowering. Well, it’s back to the garden for me to pull more weeds up, and maybe a little Cerinthe as it has come back with vigour this year although looking a little leggy. Quite strange as, I had none at all last year but loads this year?? I know I can pull the Cerinthe up as it self seeds, how do I know when it’s finished flowering ‘so to speak’ Thanks
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It's difficult to describe that - but you'll see the seedheads forming and the flowers fading. That would be the time to deadhead if you don't want it to seed around. If you had it in the garden before, the ones you have now will have come from seeds from that one  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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