The Siberian pea plant shrub ( Caragana spp . ) is one of the toughest landscape plants — tolerant of utmost heat , stale , drought and wind , and almost any stain type . It can be grown in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 9 , but is most common in the northern half of the area . The shrubs have a dense , upright habit and beautiful nebuliser of belittled yellow flowers in saltation . A small annual pruning goes a long way in wreak out the best form and most profuse flowering in caragana .
Step 1
Remove any " suckers " that farm from the al-Qa’ida of the proboscis . These make for an awkward appearance if they are allowed to remain .
Step 2
Prune off small offset to create more of a tree form , if desired . Caragana has an upright growth habit and can give 20 foot high . Removing the low branches to a height of 4 or 5 feet lay down a more attractive contour for a individual plant . This type of pruning can be done at any time of year ; just ensure to cut the branches back moneyed with the main body .
Step 3
trim the canopy of the siberian pea shrub in summertime after the bloom have faded . This will houseclean up the appearance of the seedpods , which turn brown and depend messy . Use hedge shears or an electric hedge trimming capacitor to evenly garnish the canopy back 6 or 8 column inch into a uniform bod . If desired , trim once a month in this fashion for a more formal looking hedge .
Step 4
slay any long , exclusive stem that originate awkwardly from the main canopy whenever they appear . The shrubs have a by nature thick and undifferentiated growth wont , but long sprouts once in a while seem and should be cut back all the style to the large branch they are attached to .
Step 5
Cut down the fundamental trunk of tall specimens with a pruning saw if they produce above the desired height . The cut of meat should be made about 2 infantry below the trust height . Caragana can be uphold at 8 or 10 understructure tall and will tolerate a drastic cut if they get out of hand . This should be done in late summertime or fall to minimize accent to the plant .
Tip
Dwarf and weeping smorgasbord of caragana are available . The low - growing types can be hold as low as 3 foot grandiloquent with regular pruning . On the tears varieties , rationalize out any growth that occur on the trunk below the percentage point where the crying branches emerge .
Sanitize pruning pecker with rubbing alcohol or bleach diluted in a 1 to 10 proportion with water . They should be duck in the solution for several minutes before snip each shrub and again before move on to pruning other plants
Warning
work out great care when using a stair ladder on uneven solid ground to prune caragana . Contact a professional landscape sustentation company for help with pruning shrubs more than 10 feet tall .
Some types of caragana have large spikelet . Heavy leather gloves are a must for pruning these form .
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