Are Pink Marble Photinias as vigorous?! Man in garden ctr told me they were much smaller and could be better kept in check in a small garden - bloomi' hope he was right
uh-oh so he LIED!!!! thanks Verdun - when do you prune back your Pink Marble, can I ask? mine's so pretty with new foliage at the moment that I'm reluctant to! It's only about a foot high.
Thanks Verdun, I"ll chop back some of the lanky stems. Will it get upset if I cut it repeatedly, i.e. a few branches this month and a few next and so on? By the way, it doesn't get a huge amount of sun, so I would expect regrowth to be relatively slow.
I cut back my Red Robin hard back in September without any ill effects. It started putting out red stems/leaves in March and hasn't stopped since. Its now bigger then it was in September, I'm sure. I have been thinking about trimming it back now, but suspect I will be doing it again in September as the thing just won't stand still for five minutes.
Please read my earlier post. After pruning mine it is now producing new shoots off all branches. Still leggy but will reduce in gentle stages. Happy I did it.
Brett yours looks well compared to what mine looked like.
would you advise taking a foot or so off the top and cutting the leggy branches that only have leaves at the end to half their size even if their are no buds or shoots?
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Are Pink Marble Photinias as vigorous?! Man in garden ctr told me they were much smaller and could be better kept in check in a small garden - bloomi' hope he was right
uh-oh
so he LIED!!!! thanks Verdun - when do you prune back your Pink Marble, can I ask? mine's so pretty with new foliage at the moment that I'm reluctant to! It's only about a foot high.
Thanks Verdun, I"ll chop back some of the lanky stems. Will it get upset if I cut it repeatedly, i.e. a few branches this month and a few next and so on? By the way, it doesn't get a huge amount of sun, so I would expect regrowth to be relatively slow.
Excellent, I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the support.
I cut back my Red Robin hard back in September without any ill effects. It started putting out red stems/leaves in March and hasn't stopped since. Its now bigger then it was in September, I'm sure. I have been thinking about trimming it back now, but suspect I will be doing it again in September as the thing just won't stand still for five minutes.
HI,
We have three red robins which have just finished flowering but over the past year have become very thin and leggy.
They are about 8-9 feet tall and when we initially planted them you could not see the fence behind.
Would you advise us to give them a good prune now to encourage new growth?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as they are looking a little sorry for themselves.
Please read my earlier post. After pruning mine it is now producing new shoots off all branches. Still leggy but will reduce in gentle stages. Happy I did it.
Brett yours looks well compared to what mine looked like.
Many thanks side the response KEF?
would you advise taking a foot or so off the top and cutting the leggy branches that only have leaves at the end to half their size even if their are no buds or shoots?