Berberis cutting back

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 16:16:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Jul 6, 2014 16:16:17 GMT There is a berberis hedge on the allotment, height 6-7 feet tall. I want to cut back to 4ft. Will it grow back from old wood ?
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 18:31:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jul 6, 2014 18:31:17 GMT That shouldn`t be a problem Tel, any idea of the variety?

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Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 18:34:47 GMT

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Post by Tel on Jul 6, 2014 18:34:47 GMT

Jul 6, 2014 18:31:17 GMT daitheplant said:

That shouldn`t be a problem Tel, any idea of the variety?

Afraid not daitheplant, they have been there a few year, red leaved and green leaved bushes. Any hedge is supposed to be no higher than 4ft, these have not been cut for a while, so I want to lower them before the year is out.

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Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 18:40:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jul 6, 2014 18:40:32 GMT Sounds like B. thunbergii Tel, so cutting hard back shouldn`t prove a problem They can take a fair bit of abuse.

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 18:43:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Jul 6, 2014 18:43:25 GMT Jul 6, 2014 18:40:32 GMT daitheplant said: Sounds like B. thunbergii Tel, so cutting hard back shouldn`t prove a problem They can take a fair bit of abuse. Thanks for that daitheplant.
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 18:45:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jul 6, 2014 18:45:01 GMT Anytime.
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Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 20:17:13 GMT

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Post by Cherry on Jul 6, 2014 20:17:13 GMT

I cut my Berberis darwinii hard back twice a year. The stems are trunks now and they do not grow new shoots, but the top growth is very thick and seems to grow well even on woody stems. I lifted the canopy to show off the trunks actually. My purple 'Helmond Pillar' needs the outside branches taken off this year because it is spreading as it ages and it is meant to be, well, a pillar.

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 20:24:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jul 6, 2014 20:24:24 GMT Darwinii is a beautiful plant.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 20:25:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Jul 6, 2014 20:25:56 GMT I paid 10p for mine at a village sale and it grew quite quickly. I love it.

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Berberis cutting back Jul 6, 2014 20:30:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jul 6, 2014 20:30:09 GMT What a bargain. Berberis is a perfect security plant.

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Berberis cutting back Jul 8, 2014 17:50:12 GMT

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Jul 6, 2014 20:30:09 GMT daitheplant said:

What a bargain. Berberis is a perfect security plant.

As is Pyracantha of course. I also wouldn't fancy trying to get through some of these dog roses some of which I have been lopping back today and got the scratches to prove it.

I'll get around to it eventually

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Berberis cutting back Jul 8, 2014 20:07:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jul 8, 2014 20:07:45 GMT The BEST thorny plant is the ornamental orange, Poncirus trifoliata

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Berberis cutting back Jul 8, 2014 22:05:35 GMT

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Jul 8, 2014 20:07:45 GMT daitheplant said:

The BEST thorny plant is the ornamental orange, Poncirus trifoliata

That is one wicked plant which I had forgotten about. Only ever came across one and it was vicious. Not very big though as I recall.

I'll get around to it eventually

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Berberis cutting back Jul 9, 2014 18:23:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Jul 9, 2014 18:23:40 GMT They will grow to 10ft x 10ft sweetpea.

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Berberis cutting back Jul 10, 2014 11:30:07 GMT

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Post by sweetpea on Jul 10, 2014 11:30:07 GMT

Jul 9, 2014 18:23:40 GMT daitheplant said:

They will grow to 10ft x 10ft sweetpea.

maybe the one I saw was poncirus trifoliata NANA

or more likely just a younger plant. never knew why she had it in garden in the first place. At her back garden there was 15 - 20ft high Pyracantha hedge which I had the, 'Pleasure' of dealing with. Mind you there is a certain satisfaction seeing their branches disappear into the shredder.

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I'll get around to it eventually

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