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Is my rambling rector dead?

jlownsjlowns Posts: 2
in Problem solving
Still no leaves on my rambling rector and it’s early May - it’s been amazing the past 4 years so not sure if it’s died or having an ‘off year’! Should I leave it alone, cut it back or give up and dig it up? I’m not sure how to check if it’s died off. Any advice very welcome. 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Scrape a little bark off with your fingernail in various places near the main stem. If it's green underneath, it's alive. If it's brown,it's dead. They're pretty hard to kill. It took me ages to do for mine. But it does seem quite late for no leaves at all.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Sorry, but rambling rector always makes me think of lengthy and incomprehensible sermons.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    When I was battling it, rambling rectum came more easily to mind @josusa47😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    B3 said:
    When I was battling it, rambling rectum came more easily to mind @josusa47😉
    My poor old mum suffers from that.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    😯
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • jlownsjlowns Posts: 2
    B3 said:
    Scrape a little bark off with your fingernail in various places near the main stem. If it's green underneath, it's alive. If it's brown,it's dead. They're pretty hard to kill. It took me ages to do for mine. But it does seem quite late for no leaves at all.
    Thx for the tip - It looks like it’s  died, all cut back now. Will see if anything happens next year before finally digging it up. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Leave a stump. If it's going to produce shoots, they'll come off that, not off any dead branches 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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