Late winter, you can either do all the stems right down to about 6 inches from the ground or too a pollard about 2 feet, depending on where in the border they are. Some like too take a proportion of them out each year, but I'm ruthless and go the whole hog. The best coloured stems come on the nesest growth so as long as no stems are no than 3 years old then they still have good colour.
Thanks Rhod. Hostafan1, you're very diplomatic, thank you too.It could be a sun thing or even the age of the shrub (it's very, very old) which has affected the bark colour a little. Thanks to everyone for their help. jekyll
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Ok, here goes :
It might need flipping as photos always seem to rotate on me. What do you think, Kesselringii?
Def kesselringii as the berries are white
Not dark enough, sorry.
Google image Cornus Kesselringii stems and you'll see they're almost black.
I think it depends on how much light its exposed too, more vibrant in full sun I believe!
Here's two of mine that grew in different areas of the garden, top one in full sun! Both were coppiced this year and are now 5 feet
That's definitely it Rhod, thank you. Good to see your photos are sideways too, I thought it was just me
. At what time of year did you coppice them?
Late winter, you can either do all the stems right down to about 6 inches from the ground or too a pollard about 2 feet, depending on where in the border they are. Some like too take a proportion of them out each year, but I'm ruthless and go the whole hog. The best coloured stems come on the nesest growth so as long as no stems are no than 3 years old then they still have good colour.
We'll agree to disagree eh?
Thanks Rhod. Hostafan1, you're very diplomatic, thank you too.It could be a sun thing or even the age of the shrub (it's very, very old) which has affected the bark colour a little. Thanks to everyone for their help. jekyll