"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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"tuck44" wrote in message

I live in bristol uk I have a bottle brush plant that has flowered well
in the last 2years but now looks as if it could have been frost damaged
as all the tips of last years flowers have gone brown although the
leaves are still green. Should I prune the tips or what other treatment
should i use ?

I guess it depends on how old it is. I have cut a callistemon that was at
least 15 years old and almost 6 ft back very hard as it was leggy and
ugly. The first year I cut off about two third of each branch on one side
of the bush (back into bare wood) and when this repsonded brillaintly and
bushed up, I than cut back the back half of the bush hard the next year.

The following site at the Australian National Botanic Garden may be of
interest to you as it discusses pruning at various stages and in various
places;
http://www.anbg.gov.au/callistemon/index.html
The site does not help understand targets, dose or timing. TREE PRUNING
book would help there. www.shigoandtrees.com


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