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florasita
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Posted: May 23 2009 at 12:00pm \| IP Logged

Hi Ladies , I need a bit of help on the topic of patchouli .
I've had this plant for just over a yr now and it is growing awesomely . Yet it is growing straight up in two very thin thin stalks . Is it not to be more bushy ? My plant is at least 2 1/2 ft high and still growing . So is there a way to trim it ? perhaps to help it become more bushy .
It sure smells good :-)
Thanks for any help , Roxie

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Posted: May 28 2009 at 9:55am \| IP Logged

I'm not sure if it's any help but our 10yo plant is tall and spindly too. It does seem to bush up a little when I cut it back but I don't do that very often. I've also cut pieces and rooted them but none of them have lasted like the mother plant.

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Posted: May 28 2009 at 10:33am \| IP Logged

Roxie, I haven't tried to grow patchouli myself, but I found this link for you which basically details the care of patchouli, and it says that it withstands heavy pruning. It doesn't say whether that would give it a more bush-like shape, but you could try it. I wouldn't prune back more than about a quarter of the plant at a time.

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Posted: June 24 2009 at 6:59pm \| IP Logged

Well it took me awhile to get back to this

since I posted we of course had all that snow and frost in May .
My patchouli was left out on one of the nights and lost all the leaves ! I thought I'd done her in

however I let the plant sit in the pot and kept watering it . I was just sitting looking at it a few days back and thinking well maybe I best transplant my lemon verbana to the pot.
patchouli has 3 spots where tiny new leaves are imerging !
So I will for sure need to read up on this .
Thanks so much for the help ! Roxie

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