need help with my red bottle brush tree

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nora23 Gulfport, MS Apr 22, 2010

I don't know what happened with my tree, las year was doing great, I don't know if the winter killed or what happened and now it's seems all dead.
please I need advice to see what can I do ?
thank you.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 22, 2010

Was it having any issues last year before the winter? If it was showing some symptoms in the fall (spots on leaves, leaves falling off, etc) then it could be a disease, but if it was absolutely fine in the fall and now it looks dead it's likely cold damage. All you can do is wait and be patient and hope for some new growth. You could try scratching the bark in a few spots to see if it's green underneath--if it's green then it's still alive and could come back.

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nora23 Gulfport, MS Apr 25, 2010

not issues before winter. in winter all leaves got brown and dead.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Apr 25, 2010

Then it's probably cold damage. Did you try scratching the bark to see if there's any green underneath? If the top part is all dead it's still possible it might put out some growth from the roots, but then you'd have to start all over again training it to be a tree instead of the shrub it'll tend to be naturally.

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