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Tamarisk Summer Glow

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From: Cheryl Ward City: Kankakee, IL
I have a feeling I may have planted this somewhere that is too small of an area. If I prune it back every year, will that keep it from getting really big? I love this plant & looked for it for a very long time before I found it. But it doubled in size in about 4 months. I don;t think I can bear to get rid of it, it's so beautiful. I live about 50 miles south of Chicago. If pruning will work, how far do I prune it back & when?
	Extension Message From: Richard Hentschel Extension Educator, Horticulture DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
Your Summer Glow is a large shrub/small tree depending on how you handle it. Pruning every year or every other year will be about the only way to have this plant in a spot that is too small. As vigorus as it is, consider pruning it to the ground very early in the spring before buds begin to expand and grow it as a multiple stemmed shrub. In the summer prune the ocassional branch back that may get in the way using hand pruners. You could also consider annual root pruning to slow the annual growth.
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