Planted four in spring 2006 along the side of the front porch. These are 'Isanti', which stay smaller, to about 5 feet, but they are still big bushy spreaders. I got them from Forestfarm.
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| 8/17/2008 |
Remove 20% of oldest brown stems (down to ground) in early spring for new red stem color. Or prune all stems close to the ground in early spring every 2-3 years to renew. The stand of stems look terrible when you do that, but by early summer they fill right back in.
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| May 1, 2010 |
In winter the red stems are gorgeous in the snow! Beautiful full hedge by front door.
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| March 2, 2010 |
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| January 8, 2011 |
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| May 2, 2012 |
In fall ‘09 I put a couple cuttings from the front porch plants out by the dry creek bed and they have taken off.
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| 5/18/13 |
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| 5/25/14 |
Very pretty shrubs, but they will spread and take over, so keep them pruned back, and cut out the older stems to keep the ted color strong.
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| 5/13/15 |
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| 5/13/15 |
