PRUNE THE BUDDLEIAS
Now is the Time Buddleia variabilis and its variety • -I • i Fnr -hotter wlwu pruned Veitchiana do tar ueitci niwu i this season. The bushes are i; lllu » ur next year’s Hower buds, and relieved ct surplus growth they are able to verform this function much better The first matter to decide is "bicn growths are surplus. First there are the very old shoots, then the very weak ones. Old age and fundamental futility characterise these growths to such an extent that their uselessness is apparent. Very often growths cross and chafe each other. Cut out at their source the worst of the crossing* branches. . Now examine the bush and note whether overcrowding still persists. If it docs, remove the weakest of the shoots that are left. . . Finally, cut buck ouch remaining shoot one-third, leaving two-thirds on. The effect, of this treatment is to give the sun an opportunity to thoroughly ripen the wood.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 150, 20 March 1936, Page 18
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