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Flattened plant!

CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
edited June 2022 in Problem solving
What is the best plan of action for this campanula?  Obviously it's not grown in a very attractive fashion - if I didn't know better I'd say my cat has been sitting on it but I don't think he has.  Should I chop it back?  I'm reluctant as it's about to flower.


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  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    Good plan, I'll give it a go, thanks @pansyface
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Crazybeelady I think it could be pot bound. Perhaps check after flowering. Just keep well watered for now.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • jfrossi1jfrossi1 Posts: 2
    I think is was the cat or a rabbit laying on it.   Happens to some of our plants.  Our problem is rabbits.
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    @GardenerSuze I grew it from seed last year; can they get pot bound that quick? Definitely don't get rabbits @jfrossi1 but I wouldn't put it past the cat! Maybe he just did it the once as I mainly work from home so I'm sure I would've caught him.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited June 2022
    @Crazybeelady I have to say the middle does look cat shaped. Yes they can form lots of fiborous roots so just be aware of that. Enjoy the flowers.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    GardenerSuze said:
    @Crazybeelady I have to say the middle does look cat shaped. Yes they can form lots of fiborous roots so just be aware of that. Enjoy the flowers.
    I'll have to ask him if he did sit on it 😆🐈
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have this this edging my garden,  it does flop over the grass and look untidy,  when it flowered you can cut it back.  It may get another flush of flowers. 
    Probably not the best plant for a small container,  they spread and want to grow in big clumps,  can you put it in the ground? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think the sprawly spready types like C. poscharskyana and C. portenschlagiana just grow like that without any help from a feline friend.


    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    I've already got one in the ground too @Lyn! Grew too many. I might have to just get rid of it if it's not going to be happy there, I still have my other one to look at. That one in comparison is currently all neat and bushy!
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