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Old 11-07-2008, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by hollym View Post
I have a variegated weigelia that looks all misshapen due to a Round Up mishap with an 8 year old who thought he was watering it. The bush survived, but we had to clip off all of the dead stuff. Can I just hard prune it all the way down for the winter and hope it will come back in the correct shape next spring?
You bet! It's considered a "woody" plant so it should do just fine in the spring. Prune it back to about 5" and be sure to fertilize it in the early spring.
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