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Camellia Pruning Question

peachymomo
13 years ago

Hello everyone, I inherited three established camellias with my house that are all different shapes and sizes and I was wondering if they could be pruned to be more uniform.

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This is the short, stout one. It has very full, pure white flowers and it blooms first.

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This is the tall skinny one. It has full, bright red flowers and it blooms second. It has lots of suckers, every time I remove them they are replaced by even more.

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This is the runt, I didn't even realize it was there until my bf cut down two over-sized junipers that flanked it and had squished it and deprived it of light and air. It has single, bright red flowers with bright yellow stamens and it blooms last. I thought it would take it a while to bloom but the junipers were cut down last summer and this spring it bloomed like crazy.

If possible I would like to prune the three camellias so that they are all about as tall as the first one, but more round and neat looking. Can this be done? If so, what is the best way to do it?

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