Wednesday, February 15, 2012

I planted a sun shrub , and I want to know if it will come back from the dead?

Around Mothers day last year, we planted a sun shrub in my deck, above the ground..... I don't know if the shrub had time before winter to spread its roots out enough to reach the actual ground. So I don't know if if the roots froze over winter and is it dead or what.....It shows no signs as of now of budding....... does anyone know what time of the year shrubs start budding...... any feed back at all is greatly appreciated...... I just want to know if I should dig it up and plant something else or should i just wait patiently???
I planted a sun shrub , and I want to know if it will come back from the dead?
Sun shrub? Never heard of it... It was planted IN your deck?The shrub is not planted in the ground? I'm not understanding.
Reply:I would wait a bit. A lot of shrubs can be cut way back to maybe 6 inches above the ground and will regrow. Many plants were late to break dormancy this year. I would water it really good and wait and see. It couldn't hurt.

In Phoenix this year a lot of people lost stuff because of all the frost days we had. I cut my lantanas and bouganivillas way back and they are regrowing well, but I completely lost a rubber tree plant.

It sort of depends on the type of shrub and your climate.
Reply:What color is the sun shrub?



I had a shrub in my garden, never watered it. It turned orange and at that time I assumed it was dead.



It sure did have a root system.
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