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DaisyI

May 12, 2016 9:47 AM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Why are you cutting them back so radically? You should be pruning to remove dead branches and cutting live branches back so each has 2 or 3 healthy leaf nodes. Those are the growth points for next springs growth.

The way you are pruning may be slowly killing your plants.

Daisy

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