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What is this and how do I prune it?

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  • 29-10-2017 10:12am
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    hardCopy
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    Hey folks,

    We moved house last year and I'm trying to get my head around some of the garden maintenance.

    This was a very tightly bunched plant when we moved in, almost spherical. It's now blown out into several clumps.

    Can this be reshaped, and when should it be pruned?

    Thanks

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    my3cents
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    Doesn't look like anything that you can prune. A close look at the leaves might tell us more about it. Looks like a large dwarf conifer but could also be a hebe. The problem is neither will regrow if you cut into the old wood.


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    Oldtree
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    Yes it does look like a dwarf Conifer. If so you won't be able to prune it. You could use rubber tree ties to pull it back into it previous shape.


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    my3cents
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    Oldtree wrote: »
    Yes it does look like a dwarf Conifer. If so you won't be able to prune it. You could use rubber tree ties to pull it back into it previous shape.

    More and more I'm thinking its one of the whipcord hebes but same applies.


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    Oldtree
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    my3cents wrote: »
    More and more I'm thinking its one of the whipcord hebes but same applies.

    Learn somthing new every day. I had to Google that and you could very well be correct. I was going by the very old looking gnarled bark. Would need close up of leaf to confirm.


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    hardCopy
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    Thanks all. Will get a close up later.


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