I'm looking for some advice regarding my Choisya Aztec Pearl. Along with all the other plants in this post, I moved it in late spring on a super hot day, so not an ideal start. It's never really fully recovered but has some new growth here and there. I thought it might be deciduous because a couple of large sections have started to brown, but i've just found out that it's ever green so now i'm a bit worried it might be dying. Also, according to some online descriptions it's supposed to flower in spring and autumn but there's no flowers. I expect that that's not too unusual for a plant thats been moved recently. So if you could advice me as to how i can help it to recover that would be great
Sam, as a general rule of thumb, scratch back the bark with your thumbnail, if it's green underneath , it's alive, if it's brown underneath, it's dead.
Great, thanks! Unfortuntley the lush green bits only make up for about 5% of the bush. about 60% is dull green and the rest brown . If i do cut back quite a lot of it, how much new growth per year would you expect?
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Could the 'tree' possibly be a hazel that has been tortured into having a single stem? (Poor thing if so!)
They all survived! I've just got back from my holiday and found a lot of new growth etc
Many thanks,
Sam
Hurray!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi again,
I'm looking for some advice regarding my Choisya Aztec Pearl. Along with all the other plants in this post, I moved it in late spring on a super hot day, so not an ideal start. It's never really fully recovered but has some new growth here and there. I thought it might be deciduous because a couple of large sections have started to brown, but i've just found out that it's ever green so now i'm a bit worried it might be dying. Also, according to some online descriptions it's supposed to flower in spring and autumn but there's no flowers. I expect that that's not too unusual for a plant thats been moved recently. So if you could advice me as to how i can help it to recover that would be great
Sam
I would cut it right back and hope for the best. Anything that looks dull or brown can go, leave the fresh green bits.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Sam, as a general rule of thumb, scratch back the bark with your thumbnail, if it's green underneath , it's alive, if it's brown underneath, it's dead.
Great, thanks! Unfortuntley the lush green bits only make up for about 5% of the bush. about 60% is dull green and the rest brown
. If i do cut back quite a lot of it, how much new growth per year would you expect?
once the roots settle in , it'll romp away.
One thing we gardeners have to have: is patience.