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Pruning Impatiens - LOW

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

Before it grows to one full bed can I selectively open each impatiens so that it does not get that leggy ?

And as the "new growth" comes back, I plan to trim the older leggier ones, keeping it somewhat more compact ?

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cearbhaill (zone 6b Eastern Kentucky)
9 years ago
That's it. Just pinch back a stem each week or so.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
9 years ago
Won't hurt it to trim back all of the leggy ones at once. After that, keep up with it a little at a time. Several of our most popular flowering perennials, annuals, and perennials used as annuals do best with periodic haircuts through the summer.
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a1an
Original Author
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Yeah, once they take off, they seem to flower pretty quickly. For the ones around the tree, giving it a haircut periodically is no problem. These are the ones that are starting to get tight and higher.

I have another bed in a area that once it get's full, its pretty impossible to trim or prune them evenly till end of season. Luckily, right now, they are still pretty low lying and compact...which is a + is my books.

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