Photinia Red Robyn

I have one which was tall but not thick I then started to cut back new growth once it has lost its colour and it has thickened up.

Mmmm thats what I thought, just so impatient thats my trouble hehehe

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If you're trying to make a hedge, Mookins, the plants should have been cut back early on to encourage basal shoots - how long have they been in and how tall are they?

was put in about feb time, now about 3 half ft high

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If you didn't cut them by half earlier in the year, you will have to take some off now, even though its a bit late. I'd clip a third off the tops now, and more next spring.

righto... as soon as the rain stops will pop out and do it

cheers

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I also have a hedge made of 5 plants originally. See my photos. I chose short stocky plants to start with and then trimmed back top and sides about 6 or 9 inches each year after the new red growth had turned green. This year it seems to have kept on developing new red growth so I have been giving it a light trim here and there as required. But I think that's the way to get it nice and bushy. It's now about 5 feet tall and that's about where I want it to be.