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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8934
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 8:00 am: | 
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I am so pissed off that I can't see, but I'm now worried about my poor plants.
All the shrubs on my property have been trimmed, without my permission or knowledge. I am sure that it was my landscaper (who else would it be) but my spirea (in their second bloom) and hollies (which get pruned, not trimmed) have all been cut back.
Has anyone every done this with either of these plants? How did they recover and how long did it take? I don't think that the spirea will just "come back"; it's taken them several years to reach the height and shape that they had until this week. |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 4818
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 8:13 am: |
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The spirea should be cut hard in the spring (like March) and it will throw out long shoots and stay healthy. You can't really hurt those things but it is maddening that they did that.
The hollies will be okay but you might not have any berries over the winter.
I would give your "landscapers" (aka grasscutters) a mighty tongue lashing. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 8937
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 8:18 am: |
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Ffof- thanks. I've been letting the spirea go because I like the rambling look.
And "no berries" on my hollies? Unthinkable!
What really aggravates me is that my landscaper is a professional landscaper. I fired the "grasscutter" a couple years ago because he mangled my arbor vitae.
I'm waiting to talk to him. Maybe someone else requested the trim and they did the wrong house. |
Peter
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Username: Peter
Post Number: 261
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 11:08 am: |
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Gentle Giant and Chicago Unharmed!
It's understandable, but not their fault. Blame the radio stations that keep playing "Long Cool Woman." |
cecilia david
Citizen
Username: Ceciliadav569
Post Number: 39
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 2:34 pm: |
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Not every holly bush has berries. It needs to be female bush and there needs to be a male to fertilize the blossoms. |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 9028
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 2:47 pm: |
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I have a male and all my females have the most beautiful berry clusters. Had.
Anyway, as I posted on another thread, the landscaper is taking care of things and I am happy with his response. I just won't go to the front of my house for a few days..... |
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