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Photinia 'Red Robin'
Hi all. I have a Photinia 'Red Robin' which has got very leggy due to the close proximity of my neighbour's dreaded Leylandii. I would like to cut it back severely to encourage it to get a bit more bushy, as it is very bare at the bottom, but am wondering if this is a good thing to do. Its leaves are so pretty that I wouldn't like to lose it. Any advice would be gratefully received.
Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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Leave it another couple of weeks and then be brutal. It'll reward you with a fresh new flush of blazing red leaves.
H-C
Thank you H-C. Is there any particular reason I should wait a couple of weeks?
Just to make sure that danger of frost has passed,so that any new growth won't be hammered. Probably ok now, but I like to play safe with other people's plants!
H-C
H-C you are a
I guessed it might be the frost issue so I'll be patient for another couple of weeks. Thanks so much - again!
Tee hee Chloe I'm talking major surgery for mine - a bit like buddleja pruning.