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  • 12-08-2018 10:06pm
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    Squall Leonhart
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    This was in my back garden.
    I transplanted it to the front today and cut it right down to size.

    It had been growing against a wall so was all lopsided and growing towards the light, I thought cutting it back would give it a good chance to grow to a 'normal' shape.


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    standardg60
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    Its Euonymus japonicus, possibly 'Duc d'anjou'.


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    Squall Leonhart
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    Looks the very fella!! Did a search for duc d'anjou. Thanks a million


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    lottpaul
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    It's a bit early to be transplanting things yet. The end of September onwards would be better. It may struggle, especially if you didn't get a good rootball with it. You'll need to keep it well watered - but not waterlogged/drowned - until well into the autumn. It is small enough though and may manage. Best of luck with it.


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    Squall Leonhart
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    Complete amateur at the garden, thanks for the tips. Got a good decent rootball with it.

    Looks a nice shrub. It's planted in an area that tends to get quite wet in winter.. Could be a problem, I'm sure I'll report back at some point!

    Will keep it watered in the mean time.


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    looksee
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    I too have a lop-sided euonymus - it was in the garden then in another garden, and another and now in a pot, its been hanging around not doing much for about 30 years! It came as a cutting from my mother's garden in England, where it had taken over an entire flower bed and grown up a large expanse of rather neglected wire fence, it must have been 8 ft wide and 6 ft high. It never showed the same enthusiasm for me though! For years one side has been dead and twiggy, and the other side grows ok, not a lot, but ok.


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