Bottlebrush advice

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  1. Kevin73

    Kevin73 Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi,

    I live in north west London.

    This bottlebrush normally flowers, it is situated under a large pine tree and is south facing.

    Please advise if I should prune it and if so how much.

    Thanks

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    It looks pretty dead to me, its probably because of the really cold weather in December.

    I'd be inclined to just leave it for a couple of months and see if it grows new shoots from the base.
     
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    The brown bits are dead chop them out
     
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    So I need to cut it all the way to bottom? Most of the tree is brown.
     
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