Impatiens...Hard Pruning?
10 years ago
Can you hard prune impatiens to the point where it will have no leaves left when you get done? I have this one that is very leggy and tall and I want to whack it to make it shorter and hopefully will get more width and dense...or will it die if I prune it that much?
Right now it stands about 14-16 inches tall and I want to cut it back to about 6"
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