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Little bush

neilwhiteley7

neilwhiteley7 Posts: 2

May 2021 in Problem solving

Hi when I was 17 back in the 80s I grew some little anual bushes or little trees like a mini conifer that grew about 20 inches tall that started off green and turned red in autumn I grew them for about 3 years then never saw the seeds again can anyone help I would love to grow them again.

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Buttercupdays Posts: 4,546

May 2021

I know the plant you mean, though I never grew it. Ferny leaves of quite a limy green, that gradually turned pinkish, then fully red before dropping.
Kochia tricophylla the Burning Bush!

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B3 Posts: 27,505

May 2021 edited May 2021

I'd forgotten about them. If I remember rightly, they make a good temporary hedge too.
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JennyJ Posts: 10,576

May 2021

Oh my goodness, fields full of sleeping gonks!! So that's where they've been hiding since the '70s

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neilwhiteley7 Posts: 2

May 2021

Thank you everyone you have solved my problem.

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