Photinia pruning
Bill Grey
Not having much knowledge about pruning, I have just cut back my Photinia to
about 12 inches above ground.
I should have sought guidance earlier, but do you think it will progress
now?
Bill
Chris J Dixon
>You've just cut off all this year's new growth.
That sounds a bit harsh.
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=145
If any of these photinias become overgrown, it is possible to
renovate by cutting back hard to a low framework and thinning out
congested shoots as they grow back.
http://www.gardenseeker.com/pruning/pruning_photinia.htm
Photinia is quite quick growing once established, and may need to
be pruned back hard if growing out of control. As with most
evergreen shrubs, the best time to Prune Photinia Red Robin is at
the start of the growing season - late March/early April in UK.
It will soon re-grow, and then can be kept under control by
pruning as and when required.
Chris
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Bill Grey
"Sacha" <sa...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Photinia Red Robin, one of the reasons for growing it is for the glowing
> new shoots in spring. Prune it later in the year and then enjoy the new
> shoots.
> --
> Sacha
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>
Thanks Sasha,
I was hoping that as spring is so late I might just get away with it.
One lives and learns :-)
Bill
Bill Grey
"Bill Grey" <bill...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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http://www.gardenseeker.com/pruning/pruning_photinia.htm
Maybe I wasn't so off the mark after all.
Bill.
Chris J Dixon
>>> is Photinia Red Robin, one of the reasons for growing it is for the
>>> glowing new shoots in spring. Prune it later in the year and then enjoy
>>> the new shoots.
>> I was hoping that as spring is so late I might just get away with it.
>>
>> One lives and learns :-)
>>
>Why I didn't think of it before I don't know, but I've just looked at:-
>
>http://www.gardenseeker.com/pruning/pruning_photinia.htm
>
>Maybe I wasn't so off the mark after all.
>
Which is precisely why I posted that very same link, and an
extract from the contents, above, about 4 hours ago ;-)
Bill Grey
"Chris J Dixon" <ch...@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in message
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Thanks Chris, I missed the link.
Bill
Bill Grey
> On 2010-03-31 14:17:11 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> <janet.a...@zetnet.co.uk> said:
>
>> The message <81gds7...@mid.individual.net>
>> from Sacha <sa...@nowhere.com> contains these words:
>>
>> No, he hasn't, because at this time of year photinia has not yet
>> made any new growth for 2010..
>> The stumps will soon sprout into new red growth this year . Just
>> like it says in the article above.
>>
>> Janet
>
> Strange. Ours are bright red right now.
So were mine until I got cracking with the secateurs :-)
Lets see what happens.
Bill
Dave Hill
On this mornings walk back from the garrage I passed 3 different
Photinias, all were just starting to shoot, no colour as yet.
David
Chris J Dixon
>
> They'll be back next year in any event.
Just out of interest, what would your recommendation have been,
once the need was established, for the optimum time to hard prune
a Photinia?
Bill Grey
> On 2010-04-01 12:48:11 +0100, Chris J Dixon <ch...@cdixon.me.uk> said:
>
> I'm glad you said "once the need was established" btw because very often
> people seem to want to know when to start hard pruning on some poor little
> plant about 2' tall if that! That is not a reflection on Bill, btw.
Hi Sacha,
My Photinia was planted year before last, and is a little higher that 2 ft
(but not much), but there you go I'm a useless gardener anyway. I'll have a
go and if it works great, if not try again.
Bill in the Swansea Valley.
Bill Grey
> sound of it! And there isn't one person here who hasn't been one of
> those!
> I think a lot of new gardeners think of the "prune it and it gets bushier"
> stuff. Some of that is true but of course, there are parameters with all
> these things. In your shoes, I'd let your baby plant put on some new
> growth and get to where it's convenient to you and *then* worry about
> controlling it. There is no such thing as a 'useless gardener', there
> are only people who haven't done much gardening - yet. If it's of any
> help to you, when our customers are swithering about whether to buy a
> plant or not, I do sometimes remind them that most shrubs last a great
> many years and cost a lot less than a bunch of cut flowers. If your plant
> dies - and I don't think it will - it will cost less than a bouquet to
> replace it! Just let it be for a while and worry about it when it elbows
> other plants out of the way or starts to look a bit boring. I'm useless
> at estimating heights but that old variety one we have in our garden and
> which I showed in a photo earlier must be around 20' tall or more. None
> of us gets up there and trims that one, I promise you!
Thanks Sacha for your sympathetic advice.
Bill
Bill Grey
Severl months have passed since I hacked my Photinia. This was done without
much insight into the pros and cons of pruning.
Anyway, I now report that the pruned branches/stems are producing a fine
crop of new red leaves.
I'm relieved :-)
Bill