bottle bush

we have been given a bottle bush which is about 3 ft high how can we shape it? please

 

First off, Macleaf, is it a standard bottle brush or a weeping one? I have a weeping one and I just cut back each branch to a new shoot immediately below the seedpods which form on the branches, which also encourages the new shoots to develop quicker.

 

Yes lol its a standard brush,my wife would like to make a shape as she has seen that has taking on a shape

 

Lol i know not happened there,what should of said was that the wife has seen one in someone garden that has been shaped, :confused: :confused:

 

I didn't mean standard "on a stick" but standard "regular" as opposed "weeping"! :eek: Is it one on a single stem she wants? If so, then strip the lower branches off to the desired height on the sturdiest, most upright stem and then do as suggested above ... cutting back to a new set of leaves behind the seedpods.

 

Thanks LOL willdo