Posted by Dwight on September 19, 2011, 11:52 pm
We have a rhodie, transplanted to our garden from Mt Townsend on the
Olympic Penninsula in Washington.
It has become too leggy for our present setting (These plants normally
grow to 10 - 12 feet or so, with blossoms only on the top third).
We would like to prune it down to two feet and let it start over.
1. Is this advisable?
2. Can we do it now, or should we wait till winter?
Thanks in advance!
Dwight
Posted by Brooklyn1 on September 20, 2011, 8:15 am
wrote:
>We have a rhodie, transplanted to our garden from Mt Townsend on the
>Olympic Penninsula in Washington.
>It has become too leggy for our present setting (These plants normally
>grow to 10 - 12 feet or so, with blossoms only on the top third).
>We would like to prune it down to two feet and let it start over.
>1. Is this advisable?
>2. Can we do it now, or should we wait till winter?
>Thanks in advance!
>Dwight
To increase rhododendron bushiness, in spring break off half of each
new growth... then as each flower fades break those off too.
http://www.rhododendron.org/pruning.htm
Posted by Travis on December 18, 2011, 9:07 pm
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:15:51 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> wrote:
>
>>We have a rhodie, transplanted to our garden from Mt Townsend on the
>>Olympic Penninsula in Washington.
>>
>>It has become too leggy for our present setting (These plants normally
>>grow to 10 - 12 feet or so, with blossoms only on the top third).
>>
>>We would like to prune it down to two feet and let it start over.
>>
>>1. Is this advisable?
>>
>>2. Can we do it now, or should we wait till winter?
>>
>>
>>Thanks in advance!
>>
>>Dwight
>
> To increase rhododendron bushiness, in spring break off half of each new
> growth... then as each flower fades break those off too.
> http://www.rhododendron.org/pruning.htm
I don't think "breaking off" branches is very good advice to say the least.
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Travis in Shoreline Washington
Posted by Travis on December 18, 2011, 9:05 pm
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:52:00 -0700, Dwight wrote:
> We have a rhodie, transplanted to our garden from Mt Townsend on the
> Olympic Penninsula in Washington.
>
> It has become too leggy for our present setting (These plants normally
> grow to 10 - 12 feet or so, with blossoms only on the top third).
>
> We would like to prune it down to two feet and let it start over.
>
> 1. Is this advisable?
>
> 2. Can we do it now, or should we wait till winter?
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Dwight
Did you have a permit to remove the rhododendron from the Olympic National
Park?
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Travis in Shoreline Washington
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>Olympic Penninsula in Washington.
>It has become too leggy for our present setting (These plants normally
>grow to 10 - 12 feet or so, with blossoms only on the top third).
>We would like to prune it down to two feet and let it start over.
>1. Is this advisable?
>2. Can we do it now, or should we wait till winter?
>Thanks in advance!
>Dwight