Bottle Brush tree

[isabella]

I was very upset that our Bottle Brush tree got really hit hard by last Winter - this is how it looked in Summer 2010








This is how it looked after a very severe pruning in Spring 2011 i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cry.gif



This is how it looks now i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif

[carolann]

Its coming along nicely Pam could you wrap it up over the colder months like RF does with her garden? it may just protect it from the worst of the winter.

[isabella]

Carolann - If we get a really cold snap we have decided by hook or by crook we will get some protection over the tree i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif I couldn't bear to lose it i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif

[Ladygardener]

It's looking very well recovered Isabella, I'm sure you and Barry are well pleased.

[Tig]

Do you know which Callistemon it is Pam?

Marvellous colour of brush! Of all the C. Rigidus I grew from seed only one survives, and that is hanging onto life by the skin of its teeth (or teeny leaves would be more appropriate!)

x Tig

[isabella]

Oct 12, 2011 13:45:23 GMT Tig said:

Do you know which Callistemon it is Pam?

Marvellous colour of brush! Of all the C. Rigidus I grew from seed only one survives, and that is hanging onto life by the skin of its teeth (or teeny leaves would be more appropriate!)

x Tig

I think it is just the common one Tig i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif It only cost me a £1.00 donkeys years ago and took about 3 or 4 years to flower i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif