does redwood (common) still grow even if you do not cut it back to 5cm each
spring ?

David

David Cleland wrote:
does redwood (common) still grow even if you do not cut it back to
5cm each spring ?

Do you mean a thing with pretty red bark on upright whippy shoots? If
so, it's red-barked dogwood (Cornus alba), and it'll make a domed
bush about eight feet high if you don't cut it. Lower branches will
root where they touch the ground, so the spread is just about
indefinite.

If you want the red shoots, it's best to cut it down every year (late
February is good), but it won't hurt if you miss a year.

Mike.

Do you mean a thing with pretty red bark on upright whippy shoots? If
so, it's red-barked dogwood (Cornus alba), and it'll make a domed
bush about eight feet high if you don't cut it. Lower branches will
root where they touch the ground, so the spread is just about
indefinite.

yip that is it, I have read about cutting it back - Ideally I would like it
around 4 feet, it is ok to trim to a desired size ?


David

David Cleland wrote:
Do you mean a thing with pretty red bark on upright whippy shoots?
If
so, it's red-barked dogwood (Cornus alba), and it'll make a domed
bush about eight feet high if you don't cut it. Lower branches
will
root where they touch the ground, so the spread is just about
indefinite.

yip that is it, I have read about cutting it back - Ideally I would
like it around 4 feet, it is ok to trim to a desired size ?

I can't promise four feet, as the stems do come up very quickly; but
I found when I had a lot of them that they wouldn't -- I'm guessing
here -- get above about five by the end of the summer. Cut them off
six inches from the ground every year, about the end of this month,
and you'll be all right. Stay ruthless in subsequent years, too. The
same treatment for golden osiers, but a couple of weeks earlier, as
they shoot sooner.

Mike.

I can't promise four feet, as the stems do come up very quickly; but
I found when I had a lot of them that they wouldn't -- I'm guessing
here -- get above about five by the end of the summer. Cut them off
six inches from the ground every year, about the end of this month,
and you'll be all right. Stay ruthless in subsequent years, too. The
same treatment for golden osiers, but a couple of weeks earlier, as
they shoot sooner.


so I cut down to say 6" this month, how quick will they grow again ?

David

David Cleland wrote:
I can't promise four feet, as the stems do come up very quickly;
but
I found when I had a lot of them that they wouldn't -- I'm
guessing
here -- get above about five by the end of the summer. Cut them
off
six inches from the ground every year, about the end of this
month,
and you'll be all right. Stay ruthless in subsequent years, too.
The
same treatment for golden osiers, but a couple of weeks earlier,
as
they shoot sooner.


so I cut down to say 6" this month, how quick will they grow again
?

They'll be looking leafy in a couple of months, full height by
autumn. They aren't really grown for how they look in summer, but for
the bare bark in winter, so you'll need some other things growing
around them.

Mike.

They'll be looking leafy in a couple of months, full height by
autumn. They aren't really grown for how they look in summer, but for
the bare bark in winter, so you'll need some other things growing
around them.


Thanks Mike, I have tulips and snowdrops around mine

David

"David Cleland" wrote in message
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I can't promise four feet, as the stems do come up very quickly;
but
I found when I had a lot of them that they wouldn't -- I'm
guessing
here -- get above about five by the end of the summer. Cut them
off
six inches from the ground every year, about the end of this
month,
and you'll be all right. Stay ruthless in subsequent years, too.
The
same treatment for golden osiers, but a couple of weeks earlier,
as
they shoot sooner.


so I cut down to say 6" this month, how quick will they grow again ?

They'll reach four or five feet this season.

Franz