Q.Crimson Bottle Brush Trees
My Crimson Bottle Brush Trees are now top heavy and leaning over. Should I use stakes and twine to help them stand back upright? We planted them for a boarder along our fence line. They were standing tall and growing very well, but we got a lot of rain and the just fell over. They are blooming right know and we have hundreds of bumble bees doing there pollination. Thank you for your help!
Yes, using stakes to help support them is a good idea, especially since bees are enjoying your plants now. This is probably a temporary problem based on the heaviness of the plants after they collected rain. For the future, you could prune them earlier in the season to hopefully prevent a recurrence:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/bottlebrush/pruning-bottlebrush-plants.htm
