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<\/a>Healthy Rhododendron Is Easy To Coppice<\/p><\/div>
\nRenewal pruning is the practice of severely cutting back selected shrubs and trees. The task is simple. There are no books to read. Select a day from mid-February to early April (USDA hardiness zones 5-7). Cutback the entire shrub(s), leaving 3-5 inch tall cut stems or stubble. The cut stems will bud out in the spring along with adventitious buds below the soil line. <\/p>\n
Renewal pruning can eliminate weather-damaged, diseased, and insect-riddled wood, particularly scale insects, without resorting to heavy pesticide use. All diseased and pest-ridden prunings should be removed from the property or burned. Healthy pruning wood can be ground up for mulch that is spread after 6 months or more composting.<\/p>\n
Renewal pruning invigorates old shrubs, brightens foliage color, and increases fruit size and quality. Pruning tools needed: hand clippers, loppers, hand pruning saw, or chain saw. Do not use string trimmers (“weed-eaters”).<\/p>\n
Renewal pruning may not the ideal practice for all shrubs. Partial list of shrubs which respond to renewal pruning:<\/strong><\/p>\n Glossy abelia (Abelia x grandifolia<\/em>) Renewal pruning is the practice of severely cutting back selected shrubs and trees. The task is simple. There are no books to read. Select a day from mid-February to early April (USDA hardiness zones 5-7). Cutback the entire shrub(s), leaving 3-5 inch tall cut stems or stubble. The cut stems will bud out in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[772,963,696,914,650,991,675,816,601,712,630,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4708"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5720,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4708\/revisions\/5720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\tSummer flowering shrubs often recover and bloom the same year. Some spring flowering shrubs may not re-bloom for 1-2 years.
\n\u2022\tOvergrown rhododendrons, hollies, pieris and mountain laurels respond better to a practice called “coppicing” in late September or early October in USDA hardiness zones 5-7.
\n\u2022\tPlant health must be good. Weak, sickly shrubs may likely die when drastically cutback.
\n\u2022\tShrubs must be well-established for 3 to 4 years before renewal cutback.
\n\u2022\tDon’t<\/em> cutback grafted or budded plants in fear of losing the cultivar (above-ground portion) The root system may gain dominance.<\/p>\n
\nButterfly bush (Buddleia davidii<\/em>)
\nBeautyberry (Callicarpa spp.<\/em>)
\nBlue mist shrub (Caryopteris x clandonensis<\/em>)
\nSmoke tree (Cotinus coggygria<\/em>)
\nForsythia (Forsythia spp.<\/em>)
\nFothergilla (Fothergilla spp.<\/em>)
\nRose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus<\/em>)
\nSmooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens<\/em>)
\nPee Gee hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata<\/em> \u2018Grandifolia\u2019)
\nOakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia<\/em>)
\nCrape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica<\/em> x L. faurei<\/em>)
\nTrumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens<\/em>)
\nFirethorn (Pyracantha spp.<\/em>)
\nSumac (Rhus spp<\/em>.)
\nRugosa rose (Rosa rugosa<\/em>)
\nPussy willow (Salix spp.)
\nCorkscrew willow (Salix matsudan<\/em>a)
\nElderberry (Sambucus canadensis<\/em>)
\n\u2018Hancock\u2019 coralberry (Symphoricarpus orbiculatus<\/em> \u2018Hancock\u2019)
\nChaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus<\/em>)
\nWeigela (Weigela florida<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"