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Photinia Red Robin

FBTurtleFBTurtle Posts: 20
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Hello got a Photinia Red Robin cheapo in a sale. I plan to grow it just above fence height and pruned as a backdrop to the border in front of it. It does look bare around its lower half. How do I thicken it up - through pruning? If so can I prune it now or should I leave it until Spring? Advice please, I am a gardening newbie image

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  • FBTurtleFBTurtle Posts: 20
    Thanks, excuse my ignorance but I assume you mean cut back each branch to the lowest set of leaves where new shoots are visibly starting to grow? I really am a beginner so you'll have to treat me like an idiot!
  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    Which direction are we facing?

  • FBTurtleFBTurtle Posts: 20
    North in picture 1, north west in picture 2.
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