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How to Prune Old Andromeda Step 1. Deadhead the old andromeda throughout the flowering season by removing flowers as they become spent. Step 2. Wait until the plant is finished flowering to begin pruning the stems.

Use sharp gardening shears to remove any Step. Answer. Yes, andromeda (Pieris) can be pruned drastically but it is best done just after it blooms. This gives the plant time to put on new growth and set its buds in the fall for the following spring.

I usually don't get many blooms above the snow line, but that's okay.

If you are not concerned about flowering, you can also prune it in the fall. Fall-pruned andromeda will still produce flowers, but fewer of them because most of the buds have been cut off. However, Rayco hydraulic stump grinder learned that yearly pruning is a must, otherwise the 'new' shrub in years become the same 'old and misshaped' plant.

Re: slow growing. Yes, it's true when we talking about newly planted pieris, even if it was in a large pot or B&B it will grow at"/year at the very beginning, but for old plants, with very established root system, 'cut-to-the-ground' treatement produced a 5' tall shrub in 6 years.

Jan 19, Type – shrub. Height – 10 to 16 feet (3 to 5 meters)Climate – temperate Exposure – part sun. Care – light pruning Foliage – evergreen Flowering – spring. Soil – heath plant. This is one of the plant kingdom’s most ornamental shrubs ever. Planting andromeda. Andromeda is planted in fall: that’s the best way to ensure proper root treecut.barted Reading Time: 1 min. Oct 09, If you have right size now and don't want to shurb grow too tall /big, prune roots between late fall to late spring.

pruning root control size of shurb. Please teach to small chidren that the shurb is ok to touch but very poisness if eat it. That why andromeda was used for as pesticide.