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Spiraea: alive or dead?
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| Nick Maclaren 2008-03-31, 5:25 pm |
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Well, a Spiraea "Goldflame" that I have had for 30 years, pruned back
each winter to 2', got in the way of a lawn restoration. So I have
cut it back to ground level - a 1' diameter rootstock, no less. So,
will it live or will it die? Bets are now being taken ....
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| Jeff Layman 2008-03-31, 5:25 pm |
| Nick Maclaren wrote:
> Well, a Spiraea "Goldflame" that I have had for 30 years, pruned back
> each winter to 2', got in the way of a lawn restoration. So I have
> cut it back to ground level - a 1' diameter rootstock, no less. So,
> will it live or will it die? Bets are now being taken ....
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> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
It'll live.
And just to get its own back, it'll develop into the only vigorous suckering
"Goldflame" ever seen.
So much for the lawn restoration... ;-)))
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Jeff
(cut "thetape" to reply)
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| On 31/3/08 21:00, in article 8NmdnU4JfNRL32zanZ2dnUVZ_veinZ2d@tcp.co.uk,
"Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@thetapetcp.co.uk> wrote:
> Nick Maclaren wrote:
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> It'll live.
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> And just to get its own back, it'll develop into the only vigorous suckering
> "Goldflame" ever seen.
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> So much for the lawn restoration... ;-)))
It will live, mutate and Nick will make a fortune out of Goldfurnace.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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