Researchers Develop
Pruning Guides for
Yews and Junipers
The old question o how much
and when to prune certain
evergreen shrubs has been an
swered by 6 years of ex
perimental work at The Penn
sylvania State University. The
results apply to two evergreens
grown widely in Pennsylvania,
the Japanese Spreading Yew and
the Hetz Spreading Juniper, says
Dr. James E. Brewer, associate
professor of ornamental hor
ticulture.
The pruning studies show that
Japanese Yew can be sheared
throughout the plant. In shearing
yews, the tips of all stems should
be cut to shape the shrub as
desired. On the other hand, only
the longest branches of the Hetz
Juniper should be pruned.
Home gardeners wanting to
reduce the size of Japanese Yews
can shear these shrubs heavily
with assurance of good results,
Dr. Brewer reports. He and his
associates also found that these
yews grow more compact and
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produce better quality when
pruned yearly rather than every
other year.
“If you don’t want a compact
yew, then we suggest shearing
the Japanese Yew every other
season,” he stated.
Shearing in July and October
produced the greatest follow-up
growth from yews. March
primings, on the other hand, gave
the least gowth.
As for Hetz Juniper, heavy
pruning or “heading-back” was
found effective. This evergreen
grows rapidly but is not damaged
by heavy pruning. The pruning
trials yielded no real differences
between pruning Hetz Juniper
every year or every other year.
However, the most compact
plants developed from pruning
the shrubs twice a year in March
and July. Heavy pruning
restrained Hetz Juniper to a low
growing form not typical of the
plant.
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The Penn State evergreen
experiments should be helpful to
plant nurserymen, it was
suggested, since 38 per cent of all
nursery stock consists of or
namental evergreens. The ex
perimental work by Dr. Brewer
and associates is considered the
only study of its type involving
the pruning of ornamental
evergreens.
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