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Bottle brush plant

Hi
We've had a bottle brush plant for around 8 years now and I have to say we unfortunately have never pruned it. So it's branches are very long and wayward looking with the brush at the tips.


How do we prune it and when. Also if we cut it back to make it neater will it spoil any future flowering. The thin branches are currently around 2.5ft long and look disproportionate to the trunk. We feel really bad and would like to start looking after it properly if we can.
Many thanks
We've had a bottle brush plant for around 8 years now and I have to say we unfortunately have never pruned it. So it's branches are very long and wayward looking with the brush at the tips.


How do we prune it and when. Also if we cut it back to make it neater will it spoil any future flowering. The thin branches are currently around 2.5ft long and look disproportionate to the trunk. We feel really bad and would like to start looking after it properly if we can.
Many thanks
Water, feed, tweak - then start again.........
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Mine is against a garage wall, east facing (so only gets sun til about 1pm) but it's the most sheltered spot I have in my annoyingly windy garden. I had another years ago in a more open windy spot and it looked terrible after every winter - lots of scorching. It did used to recover mind you. Until I tried to transplant it... Didn't recover from that sadly.