Newer, firmer bottle brush trees can be held in place with some light crumpled tissue, as long as you don’t pack that lightweight paper down against the tree. Before you pack the trees up, shake them gently or dust them off with a feather duster.

How do you transplant a bottlebrush?

Dig vertically down 18 to 20 inches, staying on the marked line. Push the shovel’s blade through the bottlebrush’s roots to sever them. Reach down into the trench and cut through large roots with a pair of loppers. Push the shovel horizontally across the root ball’s bottom to free the plant from the ground.

When should I trim my bottle brush tree?

Prune bottlebrush when flowers fade. This is usually a safe time for pruning shrubs to guarantee that future blooms aren’t damaged. This shrub can be pruned at a node shortly below the tip of the stem.