Gardening query

[Alex22]

This plant in my garden has some lovely flowers on it apart from the right hand side, it was the same last year.  I think it's called a bottle brush, but not sure.  Does anyone know if I should just cut off the part that doesn't flower ? I don't want to kill it

[zoony]

It's a peculiar habit for such a plant but I'd advise patience and a visit to the garden center with the pic.

[Jacqueline]

Your lucky to have it in your garden, I've bought a couple of these and they havent survived the winter, they come from Australia I think. Zoonys right ask the garden centre for advice.


Different plant, but we had a climber that only flowered on one side, can't remember if it was the sunny or shady side now, one or the other, could that be a factor?

[Alex22]

Thanks both, my friend's hubby says it just needs pruning ?  so I'll have a look on You Tube for that.

[zoony]

Please don't prune it until you get good advice. It doesn't look particularly healthy in general and I can see where your friend's hubby's coming from but I still think You should consult the garden centre before acting.

[Alex22]

That's the problem Zoon it really does look healthy in real life, lots of lovely flowers on it, apart from one side    I'll ask at the Garden Centre and take my photo with me.

[zoony]

An abundance of healthy flowers can often be a last ditch effort from a sick plant. I'd be interested in the opinion of the experts..

[Sheila]

Our bottle brush plant survived being left out for the winter but is not quite as good this year.  The flowers have not lasted as long but I think the strong winds have not helped.

[klondike]

If you have a smartphone there are apps that identify virtually any plant. We saw an unusual one last year and checked to see what it was. Lucky we did as the head gardner  was up for trying a cutting. It was listed as highly poisonous.


On the bush I'd take a little twig off. It should be easy enough to see if it is dead or alive. IME dead bits never resurrect.