Help needed with bottle brush bush, and a harsh winter.
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hi there, new on here, i was googling how to look after a bottle brush plant and come across this site. Got quite a substantial bottle brush plant in the front gardem (only lived in this house a year) but last year it was full of red beautiful flowers. the winter has turned the leaves burnt red and curled up, in some parts there ae new buds developing.
Shall i cut it back, and if i do where to? thanks attached a pic.. |
Help needed with bottle brush bush, and a harsh winter.
"Ian B" wrote Bob Hobden wrote: "Chris Hogg" wrote stolt wrote: hi there, new on here, i was googling how to look after a bottle brush plant and come across this site. Got quite a substantial bottle brush plant in the front gardem (only lived in this house a year) but last year it was full of red beautiful flowers. the winter has turned the leaves burnt red and curled up, in some parts there ae new buds developing. Shall i cut it back, and if i do where to? thanks I should leave it alone for the moment. If there are new buds developing, the chances are it will recover well, although the red-burnt leaves will probably drop off. In a few months, you will be able to see what parts are still alive and what have died, and cut out the latter and maybe think about re-shaping the rest of it if needs be. Quite agree, patience is a virtue with all gardening. I'm having a bit of trouble with that part. Is there anything I could add to my garden to make things go a bit faster? :) Growmore or similar fertiliser and lots of warmth and water would help. :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
Help needed with bottle brush bush, and a harsh winter.
Ian B wrote:
Quite agree, patience is a virtue with all gardening. I'm having a bit of trouble with that part. Is there anything I could add to my garden to make things go a bit faster? :) Can you do rain dancing? And then some sun shining? (Ack, just looked out the window at what was a lovely blue sky when I first thought of hanging out the washing, and it's gone all grey! But it'll be that yucky drizzle again and no real rain to get the poor garden going!!) |
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