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Pieris: hard prune or not?
I've got a Pieris that's overgrown, about 2m high with bare stems for the first 1.5 mts. As usual, the client doesn't want to lose it, but wants a shrub no more than 1-1.2m high.
Has anyone taken one back that hard? Obviously wait for warmer weather, mulch and feed etc., but is it going to re-grow from bare stems? It's very healthy, just healthy in the wrong place!
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Chris Auld on -
Yes it will happily regrow, ive cut forest flames right down to the stump and they have regrown fine, just tell your client it may take a year or two before it looks good again.
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Permalink Reply by Harsha Desai on -
I agree with Chris's comments from earlier, with all the right care it will re-grow and give the client a better shrub, full of vigour at the base which is what you want it to look like, you can apply this to most tough woody shrubs.
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Permalink Reply by Si @ GS on -
Great question. I have always been abit cautious but after reading the answers think I will be cutting a few back on the maintenance round now.
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Paul McNulty on -
Thanks, makes me feel a little more confident! I always think that in these situations you need to advise "you don't like the plant as it is so we have to prune it. I might kill it, despite doing everything I can to give it the best chancef. If it recovers, we're all winners. If it dies you're no worse off".
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