Self Pruning Quince
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I placed a chicken-wire cage around the plant four years ago in the fall to keep the critters from striping off the bark during the winter and practically killing the plant.
In the spring this year, I saw that there were no suckers or runners that I used to have to trim out from the bottom and outside the cage. It's magic!
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