Planetagarden
Garrya can be tidied up to remove any dead branches and to create symmetry. As a general rule the best time to prune is early to mid Spring once the the tassels display is over. As the images below show, Garrya is an eye-catching shrub and which looks great in the winter.
How do you prune a Garry's Mod?
Allow free-standing shrubs to develop un-pruned where there is space, but if pruning is required:
- Remove any crossing, rubbing or badly placed shoots, as well as any dead, diseased or damaged ones.
- Renovate (if necessary) by cutting back plants gradually over three to four years to a low framework of branches.
How do you propagate Garrya Elliptica?
Garrya are fairly easy to propagate from semi ripe new growth cuttings taken in June or July and put into a heated mist bench. Female forms of G. elliptica do, of course, set seeds but there is only one form to grow if you want these huge catkins every year!
