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Hebe help needed

jenpen1511jenpen1511 Posts: 7
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Hi all, I have a few hebes that have become more sticky in the last couple of years and I don't know what to do. They are potted well with ample drainage but I haven't touched them ie pruning wise with fear of doing wrong. Please can someone help, the outside two haven't flowered for the last two years and are looking progressively worse.

Thanks Jen

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  • jenpen1511jenpen1511 Posts: 7
    They used to look gorgeous 
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    What size of pots are they actually in? I can see a pot inside a pot on all 3 of them. All the plants look as though they have been starved of water and nutrients. I would repot all 3 using new compost into bigger pots. Then cut off all the dead bits and then prune them back by half. And remove all the weeds ! 
    Keep them well watered and see if they have recovered by the of the year. If not, bin and replace. 
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  • jenpen1511jenpen1511 Posts: 7
    hogweed said:
    What size of pots are they actually in? I can see a pot inside a pot on all 3 of them. All the plants look as though they have been starved of water and nutrients. I would repot all 3 using new compost into bigger pots. Then cut off all the dead bits and then prune them back by half. And remove all the weeds ! 
    Keep them well watered and see if they have recovered by the of the year. If not, bin and replace. 
    The pots are 9" wide by 9" height. The pots are in big old chimney pots. If I prune them back now, will they be okay at this time of year? Thanks for your help.
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    edited June 2018
    As hogweed says. Have you fed them at all? It's like asking someone to live on one meal a month. Do everything as instructed now while they are growing strongly.
    A 9 inch pot is too small both width and depth. They would be better in the garden really.
  • jenpen1511jenpen1511 Posts: 7
    K67 said:
    As hogweed says. Have you fed them at all? It's like asking someone to live on one meal a month. Do everything as instructed now while they are growing strongly.
    A 9 inch pot is too small both width and depth. They would be better in the garden really.
    Okay thank you, will get them moved asap then but I've cut them back and fed them blood, fish and bone. Is that sufficient? I'm hoping to get a very big raised bedding area sorted before the year is out, which I'm hoping to fill with evergreen plants. It will have sun 5-6 hours a day...would they be okay in that? Sorry to ask so many questions at once.
  • jenpen1511jenpen1511 Posts: 7
    Just an update on the Hebes, they're now doing fantastically so thank you all 😁
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