FLOWERING SHRUBS
ADVICE ON PRUNING
.A certain amount of pruning or trimming is required with most shrubs either to induce them to flower better or for the sake of keeping them shapely. As* a general-rule pruning should be done after flowering is over as it
is. then that new growths are^ formed an<3 most subjectsl produce their flowers on the young growths although at different seasons. , , , Flowering shrubs that bloom "in the spring , should be r left ; unpruned"until after they have flowered.. ' Among this class are andromedas, 'azaleas,' choisya terhata, cistus, cornus, cydbnia, cytisus, dentzia syringa, lilacs, magnolia, kalmia, flowering currants, exochorda, and spireas. ... ,'■]■- "■ ,' ■ All well-established" varieties' which bloom on new growths in summer and autumn will stand.a.little present-time pruning. . Young shrubs which have not yet filled their allotted 'space:will, of course, not be touched unless it is desirable to build up a strong ffam'e-
work for the future or they require shaping. Flowering shrubs sometimes fail to produce blooms because the growth is too dense. By thinning I out the growth and thus allowing the | branches to become ripened flowering! may often be encouraged.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 30
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185FLOWERING SHRUBS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 30
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