Pruning Pittosporum 'Tom thumb'

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Mr_Canthus Billingshurst, United Kingdom Feb 08, 2010

I don't normally go for neat mounds but when I do I like P.'Tom Thumb', only since all the snow it aint neat anymore. Has anyone pruned this back hard. If so, how did it respond?

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Feb 09, 2010

I'd wait until it shows signs of growth. I lost mine in a winter like yours.

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Mr_Canthus Billingshurst, United Kingdom Feb 10, 2010

They're still perfectly alive. Just all opened up in the middle so I feel the only way to recover the shape is to hard prune and let them start again.
I guess I'm going to do it anyway ( but waiting until April sounds sensible) so I'll let you know. I think the more vigorous Pittosprums like straight P. tenuifolium can respond well to hard pruning
Thanks

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