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Jun 27, Smoke tree pruning for a bush is much less laborious. You may allow the extra branches and simply prune limbs to manage shape.

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The natural splayed nature of growth can be amended by cutting the plant almost to the ground in late winter. This will force new growth and tighten the overall look of Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. How to Prune Smoke Bush Cutting back this shrub lets you enjoy fabulous foliage at eye level.

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Growth Rate The purple smoke tree grows moderately fast.

10 Ground Covers for Shade. How to Prune stumpcutting.barted Reading Time: 1 min. Aug 19, Editor Steve Aitken and JoAnn Viera of Tower Hill Botanic Garden show you how to prune smokebush.

Nov 30, To shape your smoke bush plants into an informal hedge, the North Carolina State Extension recommends pruning the shrubs back hard every two to three years –. Apr 09, To rejuvenate prune smokebush, randomly cut the branches to just above the next growth node (where new stems grow) to lessen the canopy by about one third.

To remove a full limb, cleanly cut at a slight angle about a quarter inch from the branch stumpcutting.bars: 2. Mar 26, We have had a smoke bush for over 20 years that grew into a smoke tree as can happen if pruned to make it that stumpcutting.bar were suprised to see that you cut off all the branches of yours not leaving any to enable this tree of pruning back smoke bush to stumpcutting.bar least- that is what it looks like in your stumpcutting.bar least two side shoots on each branch surely should have been stumpcutting.bar would stop it from “die back”as Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.