Viewing post #505550 by flaflwrgrl

This is my first time owning this plant but I have known it for most of my life. that it will get lots & lots & lots of blooms as it grows. One thing to make sure of is not to prune it after fall. We bought this house in mid March (spring in the northern hemisphere) & the previous owners had planted many of these as hedges but they had kept trimming them to within an inch of their life. The plants are 12 yrs. old yet I hear from ppl who know, that these NEVER bloomed. That is b/c they kept trimming them as hedges, even in the winter & certainly in the spring. They cut off all the growth that would have bloomed. We cut them back several weeks ago in early Oct. & now will not cut them again & they will bloom in the spring.
It is used in Florida as a hedge plant a lot. The problem is that they are constantly cutting them back so they miss 1 of the best features of this lovely blooming shrub.

Thanks Chelle for the heads up on this post.