Mine has gone mad this year so will need a good prune. Whenever im given flowers i use a few bits of red robin to bulk them out and then the flowers stay in place.
I have a lolipop Red Robin from last year, trimed it early spring to wake it, and it's gone mad this year, they also like acidic soil if your suffering with brown leaves and curling. For those in pots ericaceous compost suits them the best.
bean02 From what I understand from advice I was given I think anytime from Spring into Autumn. Mine had a really good pruning in Spring, and then was fed and watered well. I shall be pruning again later this month or early September. It recovered well the last time and new growth soon appeared.
I hedge trimmed mine back quite hard last year. It went mad in Spring, with red leaves all over it. Best it looked for a couple of years. I've just hedge trimmed it back again this year, but not as hard. I suspect I'll be trimming it again before end of September. It just won't rest.
They can be very hard pruned and it will regrow. It may take about 3/4 weeks to respond, but it will. They seem pretty difficult to kill.
I planted a red robin against a shady fench a couple of years ago . It had been trained to fan out against a bamboo trellis . Since then a number of the branches the leaves have gone brown and crispy . I pruned them back but I am still loosing leaves and branches . I have a well established tree which must be at least 20 yearsold planted in a sunny spot and that survives anything . Should I move the sick shrub or maybe feed it ?
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Thanks Helga....I would be gutted to lose it. I will give it a go today
Mine has gone mad this year so will need a good prune. Whenever im given flowers i use a few bits of red robin to bulk them out and then the flowers stay in place.
I have a lolipop Red Robin from last year, trimed it early spring to wake it, and it's gone mad this year, they also like acidic soil if your suffering with brown leaves and curling. For those in pots ericaceous compost suits them the best.
I've moved this up to put with older Red Robin answers
When is the best time to prune red robin tree?
bean02 From what I understand from advice I was given I think anytime from Spring into Autumn. Mine had a really good pruning in Spring, and then was fed and watered well. I shall be pruning again later this month or early September. It recovered well the last time and new growth soon appeared.
I hedge trimmed mine back quite hard last year. It went mad in Spring, with red leaves all over it. Best it looked for a couple of years. I've just hedge trimmed it back again this year, but not as hard. I suspect I'll be trimming it again before end of September. It just won't rest.
They can be very hard pruned and it will regrow. It may take about 3/4 weeks to respond, but it will. They seem pretty difficult to kill.
i have a red robin in a very large pot but i've noticed that the leaves at the end of the branches are starting to curl but don't fall off.
can any one tell me what would cause this
I planted a red robin against a shady fench a couple of years ago . It had been trained to fan out against a bamboo trellis . Since then a number of the branches the leaves have gone brown and crispy . I pruned them back but I am still loosing leaves and branches . I have a well established tree which must be at least 20 yearsold planted in a sunny spot and that survives anything . Should I move the sick shrub or maybe feed it ?