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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: jennym on April 04, 2006, 20:30:41

Title: Woody heather stem - rejuvenate?
Post by: jennym on April 04, 2006, 20:30:41

I have a heather - don't know what type, or anything about it, apart from the fact that it has cream flowers about end of May or when the weather is hot.
After about 4 years, it is looking very bare and the leggy, woody stems are unsightly. Can I cut it hard back into the wood? If so, when? Should I take it out and replace it?

Title: Re: Woody heather stem - rejuvenate?
Post by: beejay on April 05, 2006, 07:59:03

I think you should probably call it a day on this one. Heathers are unlikely to shoot from old wood. You can pile up the soil round leggy heathers & in time the shotos will root to produce new plants, but by the look of things it would be rather a gert big heap!

Title: Re: Woody heather stem - rejuvenate?
Post by: jennym on April 05, 2006, 20:46:15

Yes, ok that's what I needed to hear! a bit of FIRM advice  ;D - Its going!