underplanting bottlebrush tree
rioritarae
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Comments (4)Here I have both C. viminalis grown as a tree and 'Little John'. I have plenty of room for the tree, growing on a bank in the middle of Algerian Ivy. It does not get any summer water and the close to pruning it gets is to remove the ivy,trying to climb it. It is over 50 years old. My Little John is in a location where it does get some summer water, but has been completely ignored except by the the hummers. It is about 10 years old and has never been pruned, but is less than 4 feet tall. Al...See MoreBottlebrush tree is dropping it's flowers!
Comments (3)Yes, squirrels are vindictive. They are pulling my new plantings out of my pots and throwing them on the ground. If you have a new plant they will chew off its stem. They have the strangest way of showing you their love:)I have noticed that the bottlebrushes look exceptionally beautiful this year. Maybe due to the weather?...See MoreNewly planted Bottlebrush Tree leaves yellowing
Comments (9)Love your Bottlebrush tree! I noticed in your pictures that you have the mulch all the way up to the trunk. Maybe you might try clearing it out leaving a clean 12 inch diameter around the trunk. It sounds like you are doing all the right things though. I planted two Bottlebrush trees last year and they both had some yellow leaves after planting too. I wouldn't be too concerned. I watered mine every two days for about a month and then twice a week throughout the summer and I have clay soil here in the Houston area. I did amend the soil with some quality potting soil mix before planting and fertilized twice so far with MicroLife fertilizer (made in Texas!). Good luck with your new tree! I love ours, I posted a picture of one of them here....See Moreunderplanting older trees with clover?
Comments (5)Clover pulls nitrogen from the atmosphere and stores it In nodules on its roots. I use a lot of it in the row middles in my vineyards. When you disc the ground, cutting the roots, it makes the nitrogen available to the vines. Should work as well for trees...See Morewilmington_islander
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