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Pruning large shrub

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  • 14-01-2019 11:36pm
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    mickward
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    Hi, I don't prune but I am told I need too.
    I have 2 large shrubs in garden and I love them but they are taking over. Not sure what they are but one has these lovely velvet blue flower type things on it in the summer.
    Can I cut them back hard now without killing them.

    Thanks


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    mickward
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    Thanks all.


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    looksee
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    We absolutely need to know what the shrubs are before being able to offer any advice! Can you put up pics please?


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    New Home
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    Could the purple flowered one be a clematis, perhaps? Although that's more of a climber than a shrub...


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    worker bee
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    Sounds like it might be a blue ceanothus.

    You'd need to know what type it is to know about how best to prune it.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=354

    The pic of the ceanothus in this article doesn't actually look like a lot of ceanothus so try 'google images' to see if that's the right plant.


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    looksee
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    Buddleia, hydrangea, ceonothus, lilac - about all the blue flower shrubs I can think of!


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    New Home
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    It's the "velvet" part that made me think of clematis, tbh. But maybe that referred more to the colour than the texture. Anyway, I'm dying to see the pictures, too, now.


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    mickward
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭mickward


    Hi, sorry for the delay, i cannot figure out how to post pictures but the links below are for what i have.
    https://lambley.com.au/garden-notes/californian-lilacs

    https://www.123rf.com/photo_67384666_sandanqua-viburnum-viburnum-suspensum-evergreen-shrub-with-coarse-dark-green-leaves-small-white-flow.html

    I hope this helps.
    Its the 2nd one i want to really cut back hard, but dont what to kill it off.

    The Lilac has just got too big and the branches are too chunky, i will cut back and try and promote growth in the lower area of the plant.


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    baaba maal
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    worker bee wrote: »
    Sounds like it might be a blue ceanothus.

    You'd need to know what type it is to know about how best to prune it.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=354

    The pic of the ceanothus in this article doesn't actually look like a lot of ceanothus so try 'google images' to see if that's the right plant.

    Ceanothus is what I thought of too- mine is currently in flower too:eek:


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