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firstyard Dalton, GA(Zone 7a) Apr 30, 2007

My tea olives had a lot of new growth that got frozen and is now terrible looking. Can I cut it off yet? I read the article abt recovery (by the master gardener in TN) and it said not to prune, but would it be ok to just cut off the twigs with dead leaves? Or would even that be stressful to the plants?

Same problem with one of my hollies (don't know what kind it is).

Sherry

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 30, 2007

I would trust the master gardener and wait a little while--it's not going to make it come back any faster if you cut those parts off so if he says it's better to wait then I would wait (who knows, maybe some of the branches that look dead really aren't, just the leaves turned brown and they may put out new leaves, if you cut if off then you'll never even give it a chance)

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PrairieGirlZ5 Thornton, IL Apr 30, 2007

I was wondering about something similar, my sweetspire has dead twigs in amongst the new growth. Like on the tips of the inner branches. This was it's second spring. Should I clip these off or leave them be?

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 30, 2007

Was it damaged in the recent cold snap? Those are the things that you should probably wait on a bit, but if it's got a lot of new growth and wasn't zapped by the cold then you should be able to go ahead and trim the dead looking parts off.

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PrairieGirlZ5 Thornton, IL Apr 30, 2007

Yes, it was apparently damaged, but I didn't notice it at first. I think I'll try to clean it up a little, I hope it recovers. I saw a lot of 'Little Henry' yesterday at a local nursery, their new growth looked twisted, and I didn't see any 'Henry's Garnet' at all.

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firstyard Dalton, GA(Zone 7a) May 01, 2007

Thanks! I'll try to be patient!

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