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Willow 'Flamingo' Ain't Pink, It's brown!

Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
in Problem solving
My willow Flamingo has a paltry few pinky green leaves but all of the rest are brown. It's been in the ground for a decade and come through the Beast from the East and hot summers before. When I scrape the bark it is still green so it is alive.

Do I chop it back a bit to encourage it? Water it? Mulch it? Pick a deity and hope?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Threaten it.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Flame thrower?
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
    Anyone helpful? ;)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2023
    Keep it well watered and cross your fingers  … itll probably be ok if we get a more ‘normal’ summer next year … like blue-eyed blondes, willows with variegated foliage aren’t designed for the intensity of sunlight we’ve had this summer. 🙄 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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