Remember the beautiful white poinsettia tree that my neighbor covered each night with a tarp?
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It needed more night time darkness and the strong street light was preventing it from blooming.
There was a beautiful display this winter.
Imagine my surprise when the tree was cut back nearly to the stump. I thought she was giving up and was going to remove the tree because it was too much work to get it to bloom.
I asked her about it and she said they were just pruning it.
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I guess Art and I are still not used to the Hawaii way of pruning trees.
We've seen mango trees cut back to the stump too and thought the tree would die.
Nope. They actually come back as strong as ever, if not stronger.
My next topic should be the weeds in Hawaii.
It needed more night time darkness and the strong street light was preventing it from blooming.
There was a beautiful display this winter.
Imagine my surprise when the tree was cut back nearly to the stump. I thought she was giving up and was going to remove the tree because it was too much work to get it to bloom.
I asked her about it and she said they were just pruning it.
I guess Art and I are still not used to the Hawaii way of pruning trees.
We've seen mango trees cut back to the stump too and thought the tree would die.
Nope. They actually come back as strong as ever, if not stronger.
My next topic should be the weeds in Hawaii.
That was a major pruning. I am trying to make peace with weeds, but so far with no greater success than any of the other peace talks going on around the world.
ReplyDeleteOuch! That is a severe pruning indeed.
ReplyDeleteAmazing that night light "pollution" can be that detrimental to a tree (and to who knows what else).
it does seem severe but I suppose with your growing season,,,,,,,,, lots of weeds? I I guess the weeds love the long growing season as well,
ReplyDeleteI guess I don't remember that being call a poinsettia tree or I would have remembered. Never heard of such a thing. Also that is some pruning. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteYes, they prune flame trees back like that here. The first time I saw this kjind of pruning, I too thought the tree would die. Poinsettias don't look like that here. What does google say about that tree?
ReplyDeleteI saw my father trimming trees but not like this..This type I saw for the first time..
ReplyDeleteAck! That looks painful. (Maybe Mom's pruning seems mild compared to these tree hackings.) Guess the tropics is good for regrowth. I'm pretty sure such pruning in the cold Midwest could kill a tree.
ReplyDeleteAfter my hibiscus plants dry up each fall, I cut the canes back. They come back each spring, alive and blooming, but not necessarily bigger or stronger. The Kauai landscape place said it's amazing they even do that while outdoors in Kansas. (Mine are "hardy" hibiscus plants with dull leaves for outdoors. "Tropical" hibiscus plants can survive indoors during winter and have shiny leaves.)
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we see that over here also...this year too many of our palm trees and bushes died with the extreme cold and snow we had in december...
ReplyDeletei have trees that love to be pruned!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you and Art, I would have been shocked at the sight of this tree! That was some pruning!
ReplyDeleteFascinating. This is what I did to my garden last fall. I have not idea what will happen.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing that the tree will grow after this major pruning.
ReplyDeleteYikes. It's amazing that a tree can come back after that.
ReplyDeleteThey did the same thing to the three trees in my front yard. They look terrible, but I am confident that with time they will recover. Everyone tells me they will, anyway. They look dead right now, like that poinsettia does.
ReplyDeletewow what a success!
ReplyDeleteWe had our breadfruit whacked way back, and I was sure it wouldn't live. Instead, it has grown in thick and bushy and is obscuring the view again.
ReplyDeleteThis tree makes a great recovery it is not possible in my climate.
ReplyDeleteI did that to a damaged peach tree and it came back amazingly. Best crop ever. Sure hope her tree bounces back as well.
ReplyDeletehad a tree struck by lightning, it started to grow back a little bit.
ReplyDeleteNot all plants respond well to such harsh pruning. I think they should have left a little more!
ReplyDeleteGood topic--I notice things like that too. Last year in the early springtime, we observed many severely pruned trees in the Mediterranean countries like the south of France. They were just beginning to put out green shoots. I was amazed that they were so closely pruned, but it seems to be common practice with some trees. They obviously thrive on the practice.
ReplyDeleteblessings...
ReplyDeleteamazing right?
I guess when you know what you are doing its easy to let go because you know soon it will come again.
have a great week.
That is an impressive pruning! I've heard this before about pruning right down. I've never had the courage.
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