Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: very mature weigelia, 1 by winging

winging wrote:
I inherited this weigela when we purchased our home in 2001. It's beautiful in full bloom, but it's huge and sprawls out into the driveway. Last summer sometime after it finished blooming we cut it down to about six inches (radical renovation) and here is what it looks like this year! It has a large number of canes, old and new. I've tried cutting back some of the canes in past years, and I've also tried to shorten some of them. When I do that, they tend to branch further from the spot of the cut.

Any ideas on how to control this more effectively so that it doesn't crowd my driveway?

This message was edited Jun 18, 2006 12:14 AM