Dogwood

Even if it was only planted last autumn and is a young plant (sorry, jumping on someone else's thread again)?

 

Sorted.....thanks guys :thumb:

 

Aaron, which type do you have?

 

One of the winter bark interest ones.

 

The best way to deal with cornus, to get the colour on a range of levels in the winter is to prune the older stems down to a small stump.(max 12 inches) I generally leave mine so that they can bud and shoot off an older stem. I tend to snip down one in three on a fairly established plant, with a new one, I would again perhaps suggest the a similar stratagy, but go steady on how low you prune, as I have seen year old cornus wither away after a very hard prune.

 

Leave it for now, but cut it back NEXT year.:gnthb: