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Pruning Nandina Domestica

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S.Starr

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Mar 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/18/98
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We planted several Nandinas in our garden in S.California last year which
are doing very well.We are getting lots of topgrowth,but a couple of the
shrubs are beginning to look sparse at the bottom. What is the best way to
prune these to ensure continued fullness around the base.

Busy Bee Coffeehouse

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Mar 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/18/98
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I believe that to be the growth habit for some nandina. You could
probably dead head them in the very early spring and shoud get lots of
new growth from the bottom.

curtis brothers

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Mar 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/18/98
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S.Starr wrote:

> We planted several Nandinas in our garden in S.California last year which
> are doing very well.We are getting lots of topgrowth,but a couple of the
> shrubs are beginning to look sparse at the bottom. What is the best way to
> prune these to ensure continued fullness around the base.

Attended a pruning seminar recently. The instructor said, if I rember
correctly, to cut the nandina back to a node at about the hight you want the
plant. New growth will start from there. He stated that nandinas had one flush
of new growth a year, so if you prune after the flush of new growth you will
have a stick for a season. This I can attest to personally, having stared at
my nandina sticks all last year wondering where the leaves were. He suggested
that a group of nandinas be trimmed at differing hights - short in front to
taller in back. He said nothing about cats.
Pat in Wake Forest, NC
USDA Zone 7b


forrest appleton

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Mar 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/19/98
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S.Starr wrote:
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> We planted several Nandinas in our garden in S.California last year which
> are doing very well.We are getting lots of topgrowth,but a couple of the
> shrubs are beginning to look sparse at the bottom. What is the best way to
> prune these to ensure continued fullness around the base.

The height of nandinas is normally controlled by cutting the tallest
canes to the ground. This will force new growth from the cut cane.
This would also fill in the bottom of yours.
--
forrest appleton san antonio, tx usda zone 8

boo...@netcom.com

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Mar 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/27/98
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S.Starr <ss...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>We planted several Nandinas in our garden in S.California last year which
>are doing very well.We are getting lots of topgrowth,but a couple of the
>shrubs are beginning to look sparse at the bottom. What is the best way to
>prune these to ensure continued fullness around the base.

Mine are mature, and I take out a cane or two at the base
of each one every year, and it sends up new full ones.

Of course, I want mine taller than perhaps you do. For shorter
fuller ones, prune/cut back each stem as you would anything else.
--
boo...@netcom.com Memory believes before knowing remembers
- Faulkner

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