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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2004 5:34 pm 
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According to the nursery that put my shrubs in, I have 4" Indian Hawthorn - 8 of them and 2 Carissa Holly. A couple of the Indian Hawthron look like they need some trimming...do you trim them? I'd like to sorta "round" them up. I also have some Nana Nandina that seem to have grown extra large...almost to my hip and I'm 5'5" :( . Can they also be trimmed?

Another problem or at least it's a problem for me is 8 Eleagnus...they just grow and grow and grow. I'm a widow...not at all good at trimming shrubs and have to have them done. I'm thinking of having these dug up and moved along my fence line in my back yard. Right now they are in the front of my house, against the brick...so to speak...in the back of my flower bed. What is a good, low maintainence shrub I could use back there to replace them with. Something with color would be lovely.


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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2004 5:49 pm 
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I just trimmed my Indian Hawthorne ( I think they are "Pinkies".....only about 30 inches high) because the growth was what I would call "leggy".....long stems with just a litttle green on the ends.....My trimming job was pretty severe....I ended up trimming many of the stems and now there are only a few leaves.....am hoping they grow back ok.


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Well as far as the eleagnus are concerned, they are very resilient growers with all their shoots poking out all summer long. They are not suppose to be used as foundation planting beacuse of their ultimate size, but I have a couple against my foundation accenting the corners of the house.

Eleagnus look much nicer separated or spread apart from each other, not as a hedge. So you could yank a few or the whole bunch depending on how much you like them as a background.

Some alternate suggestions would be hollies, which have red berry clusters in the spring and fall, wax leaf ligustrum for a more polished look, or some sort of variagated privet, looks awesome in front of stone or brick.


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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2004 5:10 pm 
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I am thinking of taking the Eleagnus out completely and planting them in the back yard. Might leave one, on each side of the front of the house, but the others have to go.

I'm planning on going to a local nursery and getting some advice and help.
Thanks for replying. :)


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