Originally posted on Michael Hagedorn:
Being basally dominant, many shrubs are going to do anything they can to kill off older parts and grow shoots from below. The more geriatric the shrub, the greater the danger of killing off exactly what we want to preserve—the older, trunky bits. They don’t like to make trunks much, with the exception of Satsuki Azaleas, though even those will… Continue reading Energy Balancing in Shrubs