is this the right time of year to prune azaleas?

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mgowali Katy, TX May 18, 2008

My plants have given me bloom this season (they only bloom once ..right?), but the plants are leggy .. i wanted to know if i can prune them now?

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lbrabec (Lynn) Omaha, NE(Zone 5a) May 19, 2008

Yes,it's fine to prune or pinch as long as blooming is finished.

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mgowali Katy, TX May 19, 2008

Ibrabec, thank you for your reply. I will go and pinch them right away. ...they had grown so un ruly.... a couple of branches were touching the ground ( I must have accidently put soil on them ) and they rooted so I got 2 extra plants

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psychw2 (Pat) Kennewick, WA(Zone 5b) May 19, 2008

COOL!! I probably would not have been successful at that if I had PLANNED on it and you got it as a bonus!

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mgowali Katy, TX May 19, 2008

Hi psychw2, when i told my mom in law about it..she said you can grow most of the plants the same way... you take the lower tender branch and put a handful or two of soil on it and you will get a new plant... I think you get lucky if you place soil on the node and it gets sufficient water....
now I am going to try the same method with confederate jasmine (it is also called mogra in India) it smells heavenly.

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psychw2 (Pat) Kennewick, WA(Zone 5b) May 19, 2008

Yes, I've been wanting to try my snow ball plant and forsythia. I have friends who would like a start. I THINK it's called "tipping".

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lbrabec (Lynn) Omaha, NE(Zone 5a) May 20, 2008

It's also often called layering.You can make a shallow little trench to lay the branch in,then scrape the bark on the bottom at the point you want it to form roots and cover it with soil.Pin it down if you need to.When roots are formed,detach it from the mother plant.

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wpaangel Ebensburg, PA May 20, 2008

Tipping also works great for Rhododendrons, I have started many by putting a bottom limb on the ground, and simply covering it with a rock to hold it down.

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