Wilting shrub

Bought this shrub on Monday and it went in the ground yday. I bought it cheap from Wilkos due to it wilting and on the basis I’d try and rescue it.

So anything I can do to help it? Parts of the plant look healthy and others not. What can I do to give it a helping hand.

 

Hi,

For any plant trying to recover, its best to keep its soil well watered, if outside, or carefully if in a pot, and give it some shading against this strong sun and equally drying strong easterly wind.

Think making up a shading cover from some hort. fleece or similar will be needed in your outdoor situation.

The cover will also offer it some night time protection from the low temperatures /near frost we get with these high pressure clear skies.

Perhaps consider putting it in a pot and placing it in a sheltered and partially shaded place by the house wall etc.

No idea what the plant is, but like most plants, cutting it back to 1/3rd of the hight it is now, will let it concentrate on good new growth rather than trying to keep those existing long branches going, most of which look a lost cause.

 

Yeah, dont think I would have bought it

But if I had I'd probably have kept it in its pot for a while to see what it does, that way you can move it and give it a bit more TLC if needed.

 

It only cost me £2.50 and the optimist in me wanted to give it a go. If nothing comes of it then never mind, but if it does then I will have that rewarding satisfaction I made a difference. Thanks for the replies though, I will look at pruning it back in the parts that look significantly damaged.