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My hebe 'heartbreaker'

nita

By Nita

west sussex, United Kingdom Gb

is starting to go brown and losing its leaves, has never done this before, it looks like its going to die, can any one help as it a a lovely plant.



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Try scraping a little bark away just above ground level - if it shows green, the plant is still alive but if it's brown or grey, I'm afraid it's an ex-hebe

1 Mar, 2009

 

if you trim it back gently by nippig of the growing tips it might encourage new growth lower down the plant.

1 Mar, 2009

 

thanks for your help will give it a try, will let you knoe the outcome x

1 Mar, 2009

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