blondpolack
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i am writing for help to rescue my trees fyi I am in Canada British Columbia Vancovuer lower main land
In August 2011 a year ago, someone thinking they were doing me a favor without my consent decided to prune my 2 purple smoke trees and 1 japanesse red maple.
I was in shock when i returned home and my trees were basically cut to a 1/3 of what they were ! Now i think the trees are still in shock.
I spent all fall and winter hoping they would come back nice n bushy n healthy this year as was their intention.
Well we are now a year later
The 2 purple smokes have no smoke
one is about 5 feet high and bushy on one side the other is about 8 feet high it is quite bushy but seems to be more green then purple foilage emerging now. Both have quite a few sucker like branches that are just spouting like crazy. I have given them a good shrub fertilizing just this week but don't think it is doing any good yet.
I have read that these trees should not be pruned to more than a 1/3 of the branch length during growing season and just for maintance not a large amount of all brances. they should be pruned in the early spring (not late summer as was done)
My question on the smoke trees: Are they in shock from the crew cut they received at the wrong time of year and will they recover is there anything I can do to destress them?
The Japanesse red maple has a lot of sucker branches and is not red but more of a burnt brown like colour (not dying or dead) but it does look very sad not as perky n bright as it did.
I have read that these trees should not be pruned until after 15 years just moderate trimming during growing season of not more than 1/4 of branches.
As with the smoke trees I am hoping this one also is still in a state of shock and will recover next year.
Thank you and looking forward to any information and learning I can obtain.
In August 2011 a year ago, someone thinking they were doing me a favor without my consent decided to prune my 2 purple smoke trees and 1 japanesse red maple.
I was in shock when i returned home and my trees were basically cut to a 1/3 of what they were ! Now i think the trees are still in shock.
I spent all fall and winter hoping they would come back nice n bushy n healthy this year as was their intention.
Well we are now a year later
The 2 purple smokes have no smoke
one is about 5 feet high and bushy on one side the other is about 8 feet high it is quite bushy but seems to be more green then purple foilage emerging now. Both have quite a few sucker like branches that are just spouting like crazy. I have given them a good shrub fertilizing just this week but don't think it is doing any good yet.
I have read that these trees should not be pruned to more than a 1/3 of the branch length during growing season and just for maintance not a large amount of all brances. they should be pruned in the early spring (not late summer as was done)
My question on the smoke trees: Are they in shock from the crew cut they received at the wrong time of year and will they recover is there anything I can do to destress them?
The Japanesse red maple has a lot of sucker branches and is not red but more of a burnt brown like colour (not dying or dead) but it does look very sad not as perky n bright as it did.
I have read that these trees should not be pruned until after 15 years just moderate trimming during growing season of not more than 1/4 of branches.
As with the smoke trees I am hoping this one also is still in a state of shock and will recover next year.
Thank you and looking forward to any information and learning I can obtain.
