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Badly frosted hebes

louise818louise818 Posts: 40
in Problem solving
My hebes did very badly with the late frosts and I dont know whether it is a good idea to cut them right back - there is very little living foliage.  Any advice would be gratefully received.

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  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    Fingers crossed. The small one in my front garden bounced back the other year despite hard pruning of the dead bits.
    Southampton 
  • SendmesunSendmesun Posts: 63
    edited May 2021
    I hard pruned a similar sorry specimen ( one  I like to call variagated green with purple flowers) in April and it's coming back to life. It hates hard winters . The others seem to fare better. This is the second winter it's had this treatment. Mine won't flower for sure this year but its alive. 
  • the tidy gardenerthe tidy gardener Posts: 591
    I had the same.poor thing looked dreadful so I've pruned it by over a half.this year it won't do too much but it looks better now and should be fine
  • louise818louise818 Posts: 40
    Thanks all. i will cut off the dead bits and speak nicely to them!
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