Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: STACHYURUS QUESTION, 0 by growin

growin wrote:
I have always liked Stachyurus but when you mention it to staff at gardens, they dismiss it. That's probably for the same reasons you mention. The water shoots you mention get quite tall and eventually bend over. I think this plant is used to sending out these shoots tall enough so they eventually lay over other plants. Have you tried pruning the shoots at 5'? With the blooms the plant is best in the foreground but with the growth, it is a background plant. I honestly believe it is best mid-way amongst other evergreens where the shoots and blooms arch out from the other shrubs instead of on it's own or an embankment. Such a nice shrub.

This message was edited Feb 5, 2010 10:35 AM