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Old 10-04-2006, 02:01 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article .com,
"Gardening_Convert" writes:
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| I have a few Thyme bushes in my garden then have now no or virtually no
| leaf left on them just the woody stems. Is this just what happens to
| them over winter ?
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| Can they be cut back and left to re-grow or should they be dug up and
| replaced ?

Almost certainly the latter, I am afraid. I have had the same, for both
thyme and rosemary.

Do you mean this is frost, Nick, or is it old age?! Although we've
had frost here, the rosemary doesn't seem to be damaged and is
flowering now.
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