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Posted by trishmick z7NJ (My Page) on Sat, Sep 19, 09 at 10:01
| Took a cutting from my sister's large tree/bush sometime in May and potted it in compost from my heap. Seemed to do nothing for quite awhile (I don't think the cool, wet month of June helped), but then I noticed some new growth. It is now about 8 inches tall with many healthy leaves. My question is...do I transplant it in the spot in the yard where I want this guy now, or do I overwinter inside and wait until the Spring? |
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| My Rose of Sharon is indestructible. I'd put it in the ground. If it doesn't take, ask your sister for some volunteer seedlings in the spring. I have hundreds that come up each year. |
RE: Rose of Sharon question
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| This is funny and a coincidence. Just yesturday I removed 25 rose of sharon trees, roots and all. I planted them very closely years ago along my fence to give me privacy from cars going down my small lane. I kept them pruned to about 5 feet high-just at the level of someone's head sitting down in a car and looking over. It was good privacy but now I think it is junky looking. That same evening, the neighbors were walking down the lane and yelled out to me (I was inside the house in a solarium, sitting down and not facing the lane) "hey Lucille, what happened to the rose of sharons?" I waved my hand backward to acknowledge them. Gads, I am now soo exposed in my solarium that anyone can see in especially in the evening. So now I have the wonderful task of figuring out what I am going to put on this side for privacy. What about a leather leaf viburnun?( By the way, I did not dig those roots out by myself. I do not have a cleaning person, but I do hire someone to help me in my garden.) |
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