Dame de la Nochas

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Sadie
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Dame de la Nochas

Postby Sadie » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:34 pm

Hi,

Should I cut back on these plants over the winter and if so when is best time and how ruthless should I cut them?

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Re: Dame de la Nochas

Postby El Cid » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:37 pm

Prune them to shape - no more.

They will come back after heavy pruning but it is best avoided unless space is a problem.

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Re: Dame de la Nochas

Postby Alan-LaCala » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:52 pm

We prune quite heavily each year with no problem.

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Re: Dame de la Nochas

Postby mhic » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:05 pm

Mad Mary prunes ours down to about 3 ft every January. Funny enough a friend in the states was asking about it this week so I took some photo's and measured it's height, it's over 12 ft and has hardly been out of flower all summer.

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Re: Dame de la Nochas

Postby Sadie » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:19 am

Thank you for replies, they are looking great at moment so will see what they are like in Jan.
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Re: Dama de Noche

Postby peteroldracer » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:24 am

Do be careful when you are pruning - the sap is poisonous (although not as lethal as oleander) and you should wear strong rubber gloves and make sure you wash thoroughly before you have that coffee and dunk a digestive!
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Re: Dame de la Nochas

Postby Sadie » Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:51 pm

Oh I didn't know that Thank you I will take care when I do it.
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