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callistemon second flowering
I've never particularly known how/when to prune stuff, and my bottle
brush was no exception, it had got a bit straggly. This year if flowered very well and I took the time to read-up on pruning, and the advice seemed to be prune immediately after flowering, right behind the flowers. The plant seemed to react well to this, I gave it some feed and kept watering it, it bushed out nicely from the points where it had been pruned, because it had "filled-out" I also lopped off some of the dead twigs. Looking out the window just now, I noticed one small section is back in flower, and lots of the new growth seems to have buds ready to do the same, wonder if that will confuse it when the weather turns, or mean it doesn't flower very well next year? |
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callistemon second flowering
On 06/10/2018 09:42, Andy Burns wrote:
I've never particularly known how/when to prune stuff, and my bottle brush was no exception, it had got a bit straggly.Â* This year if flowered very well and I took the time to read-up on pruning, and the advice seemed to be prune immediately after flowering, right behind the flowers. The plant seemed to react well to this, I gave it some feed and kept watering it, it bushed out nicely from the points where it had been pruned, because it had "filled-out" I also lopped off some of the dead twigs. Looking out the window just now, I noticed one small section is back in flower, and lots of the new growth seems to have buds ready to do the same, wonder if that will confuse it when the weather turns, or mean it doesn't flower very well next year? Quite a few spring flowering shrubs have new blooms and newly setting fruit in my garden. I wouldn't worry - it has been a very funny year with on off heat and drought. I expect some plants feel threatened and are reacting to the stress by flowering a second time. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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