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Bottlebrush tree too heavy for its own good?

MetalMan2004
10 years ago

Any help anyone has is greatly appreciated. I overhauled my flowerbeds about 2 months ago. Everything is doing well, but I am puzzled with my bottlebrush tree. Everything I have seen says to prune in spring. Since it was newly planted I figured I could let it grow this whole year and prune next spring. Well it flowered once and then the branches kept growing straight out of the flowers once they died off. Now the branches have grown straight out to the point of being top heavy and leaning over. How should I prune or should I just leave it alone? Is it supposed to stand up or lean?

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