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In article <19981113231723.09176.00000593@ng100.aol.com>, 
grdnpeach@aol.com says...
> Thanks Jennifer,
> I tried to access your web page.  It sounded interesting but my server notified
> me that the page was busy or down.  In the meantime, I'll prune the shrubs.
> Nancy at Gardenpeach
> 
> 
Nancy,

You didn't identify which Plumbago you were planning to 
prune.  Several plants go by that name.

If your plants are in the genus Ceratostigma, you might want 
to wait.  Pruning now probably won't hurt, but in a few 
weeks you will get some nice fall color from them that you 
might enjoy.  C. plumbaginoides (Dwarf Plumbago) and C. 
griffithii (Burmese Plumbago) produce some nice reds, even 
here in Zone 16.  The leaves on C. willmottii (Chinese 
Plumbago) show more yellow.  I grow all three.

On the other hand, I have no experience with Cape Plumbago 
(Plumbago auriculata) so I don't know what to say about that 
one.    

How to tell?  The Ceratostigmas all have intense blue 
flowers.  Cape Plumbago is pale blue.

-- 
Jim Ringland
Oakland, California
USDA Zone 9 - Sunset Zone 16
jtringl@wco.com