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MemetraderMemetrader Posts: 48
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I have found and rescued a neglected and unhappy shrub from underneath a mound of brambles and weeds. The woody stems look as if there has been no new growth for years and I don't know what it is!

Ideally I would like to revive it and suggestions on how to do that would be appreciated.



 

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  • UpNorthUpNorth Posts: 376
    Looks like Choisya to me.  i'm sure some expertise will follow...
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    I'd say it's a skimmia japonica.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,053
    another vote for skimmia

    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,158
    Give it a very good drink as that soil looks parched.  Minimum 10litres now and 10 more tomorrow then scatter round some slow release fertilisers for roses or rhodos and apply a mulch of well-rotted manure or garden compost or similar to retain moisture.  If it is a skimmia it won't like hard tap water and will appreciate a drink mixed with chelated or sequestered iron and some fertiliser for rhodos and azaleas.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,743
    IMO Skimmias have a habit of looking a bit "pasty". I would try a seaweed foliar feed.
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,158
    Yes, that's why I suggested a slow release ericaceous feed but a foliar feed would be an instant tonic.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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  • MemetraderMemetrader Posts: 48
    Thank you everyone....  Action taken!
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