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Guides for pruning Banksias (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got a young silver banksia that is getting a bit unruly and I'm looking for a useful guide for understanding how they respond to pruning. Ideally want to understand what they respond well to and how I can train them to grow to suit my garden.

I basically want to encourage it to grow upwards more, so that it can rise above a fence to gain better access to light and provide screening from neighbours. Also hoping that as it grows it'll create room for a bit of an understory in the same location.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for your response - it's fairly new (planted about a year and a half ago years ago as a 1m high tree from the nursery) and has really taken off over the last Summer. It's quite a tangle at the moment and needs some neatening up.

It sounds like I'm over thinking things a bit - I know that different plants respond differently to pruning but it sounds like trees are broadly similar even if they do have some variations.

From your response, it sounds like I should probably wait a little until I'm confident that there won't be any more strings of 30°+ days to avoid stressing it out - it should recover better once conditions are a bit more mild.