Bush gone wild.
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Alex
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Can you tell me what we have and how & when to prune it. Lots of twigs below the surface with leaves on the outer edges. New growth around the base where the sun has just been able to reach it since I removed a neighboring (dead) plant. Am a "newbie" home owner. As always, many thanks.
6 answers
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Belle: Thanks, so much.
Alex
on Oct 30, 2011
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If those suckers have their own roots, pull them out and transplant them in other areas if you want to extend the existing plantings. If they're attached to a main bush, try removing enough of the soil to prune out any buried branch or cane back to the main stock. Some of that new growth may be coming from hawthorn bushes that had been previously pruned down to a buried stump to allow for growth of the adjacent ones. If so, you may need to dig out it's root or it will eventually aggressively grow back and force itself into competition with them again.
Ricardo B
on Oct 30, 2011
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Yes, India Hawthorn is one of my favorite shrubs and there is a large growing pink flower variety that i like to use also. Occasionally they may need a fungicide to help control foliar spotting.
Garden Rebel / Sims Landscaping, Co.
on Oct 31, 2011
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Ricardo B......Garden Rebel / Sims Lands,,,,,,Thank you,
Alex
on Oct 31, 2011
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Many of my clients have experienced the foliar spotting..almost like black spot in Photinias many years back -I have stopped recommending this shrub as a result. Almost weird in that some clients have major problems and some have zero. The white blooming varieties have less of the problem it seems.
The Landscape Guy-Atlanta & North GA
on Oct 31, 2011
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Sidney: I haven't been here long enough to know what color. So far, so good! We'll see. Thank you.
Alex
on Oct 31, 2011
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