In a message dated 4/30/04 9:36:44 PM, GOPHERHILL writes:
> What Alan says is cut to six inches or less the first year, the second year
> cut off all but one inch of the new growth. * Each year you let the plant
> grow unpruned and then just before bud break cut off all but one inch of new
> grow. At the end of five years you have a 10 or 12 inch tree with lots of
> taper.
>
Does the same process work in the North?
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I will leave the tops on for now. In
the fall, I may have to shorten them so they will fit under a rose cone.
Iris
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