How to Prune Leucospermum

This video shows you how to get more blooms and improve the structure of your leucospermum plant. Using clear images and simple language, it demonstrates the best techniques to trim the plant that makes beautiful "pincushion" flowers. You will learn when in the plant's life cycle to prune and exactly where to make each cut. This is a method even beginning gardeners can master and it requires only basic gardening tools.

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[yoursleepspot]

great video and exactly what i needed to know as I was cutting old growth and finding nothing would grow from that point. Thanks you so much.

[maxzytaruk]

I also love the heck out of that plant

[anitawood]

Thank you! I now understand how to prune my protea. The script obscures the video quite a lot- perhaps it can be lowered to below the footage?

[VeraZlidenny]

Hi Linda. My two leucospermum bushes thrive in front of my house. Two years ago, they were getting quite large so I gave them a significant pruning (possibly 50%). They grew back last season but no flowers. I left them alone this year and they got really huge. I was delighted by the bumper crop of flowers but the trunks toppled forward onto the planter's edge into the garden. Anything I can do to straighten them out or encourage growth on the exposed side that pulled away from the house? Any tips would be appreciated. I love them so much!

[FleurtyStudio]

Thank you! This was just what I was looking for! Can you grow a new plant from the cut ends of the new growth?

[leannemcarthur]

My 2 potted plants are much younger and smaller but very stalky. Ideally I’d like to prune right back where there are no leaves so it could hopefully grow bushy again. Can I do this and will it grow back alright?

[marysegall]

Thank you for this helpful video. My situation is that my neighbor's watering system overwatered my Leucospermum High Gold to the point that it got mealy bugs and the flowers literally popped off. I've removed the plant (still in its large container trying not to disturb the roots) and eradicated the insect problem. There are new buds at each "pop off" location. Should I let them grow or do I still need to prune (way early -its June in so Cal) so that the cut is no longer flat?. I have over 2+" of green below, but I'm afraid to lose these remaining buds! What's the best plan here?

[vivennaidoo]

Should collect seeds from the dried flowerheads and grow more plants if they have been pollinated

[cynthiabeneke]

Hi Linda I am in South Africa. Bought the tanga protea with flowers. I took of dead flowers, i have a few new flowers coming but they look almost crippled, out of shape. Should i prune my plant?

[crazysithslave]

Mine has 2 flowers, should i wait to cut the flowers off until the have turned brown and shrivelled up... or is it ok to cut them when thry are still red ? Thx

[GigiPeralta-qi]

I bought two Carnival Yellow leucospermum plants from Home Depot. I have decided to leave them in their plastic pots under the shade because we're in the 90's temps. We have natural clay soil, so I'm aware we can amend the soil. What do you recommend? Should I go ahead and plant them in the ground? Would they survive in our Las Vegas heat temps, which can get up to 110-117 degrees for several months? If so, what is the best type of soil to amend with? I read that leucospermums thrive in acidic soil, any tips for that as well.
Thank you in advance for your advice.

[donlewis]

I did this and my plant died after the next bloom. Better to plant it where it has enough room to grow and won't need pruning.

[yongchung]

Hello, Linda. Which season is the best time to prune leucospermum? Fall ? I live in Southern California. Thank you.