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Post by esther on Mar 19, 2011 14:41:24 GMT
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Post by Cherry on Mar 19, 2011 15:00:13 GMT
Will that take away this year's flowers Esther?
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Post by Tel on Mar 19, 2011 19:40:17 GMT
we have a bottle brush in a pot on the allotment, i forgot to place it in the greenhouse for winter, All the leaves are brown. One of the other allotment tenants told me she had put hers in the cold greenhouse over winter but still lost it.  |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 19, 2011 19:51:44 GMT
I have two young ones which were given to me by a forum member and they are just fine. I suppose they shouldn't be, but these must be a tough natural variety.
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Post by Louise on Mar 20, 2011 8:37:36 GMT
Likewise here, Cherry. I have mine in the hottest site, with the poorest soil and it's liking it there - which i'm surprised about because it's an alkaline spot and they're supposed to prefer non alkaline, so i read  |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 20, 2011 8:45:34 GMT
;D ;D Plants can't read, Louise!
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Post by Cherry on Mar 20, 2011 12:09:09 GMT
Neutral is fine for Callistemon. They do like sun.
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Post by esther on Mar 20, 2011 14:56:13 GMT
Will that take away this year's flowers Esther? It will Cherry - but I can cope with that as long as I don't lose the plant ]    |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 20, 2011 15:12:53 GMT
They are really big Steve. Are they yours? I always think of your parents' Grevillea 'Canberra Gem' and I do wonder how that coped with the winter?
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Post by esther on Mar 20, 2011 15:19:05 GMT
They are really big Steve. Are they yours? I always think of your parents' Grevillea 'Canberra Gem' and I do wonder how that coped with the winter? Steve ?? |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 20, 2011 15:23:06 GMT
Wow, Esther - that's enormous! Very impressive.  |
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Post by esther on Mar 20, 2011 15:34:13 GMT
It is very impressive Geranium - that is why I would hate to lose it  |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 20, 2011 20:12:17 GMT
Sorry Esther. I thought it was SteveN. That has grown very large and I don't think you will lose it at that size. It is bigger than any I have seen even in Australia.
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Post by Fractal on Mar 20, 2011 20:53:36 GMT
That is a magnificent Bottlebrush!
Sadly Cherry, my mums Grevillea 'Canberra Gem' is stone dead.
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Post by Fractal on Mar 20, 2011 20:55:18 GMT
ps Esther, it looks like your Bottlebrush still has living shoots from what I can see in your photo's so I wouldn't be too hasty just yet. Wait until the end of next month before pruning unless really obviously dead.
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