http://drought-tolerant-plants.com Gardening Tough, Drought Tolerant Plants Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/flower-pictures/#comment-899 admin Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:45:47 +0000 http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/?page_id=521#comment-899 Hi Ben My rule of thumb with pruning is straight after flowering. Good pruning practices are developed over time through experimentation I’ve found. It is important to prune proteas though from an early age to keep them contact and encourage greater flowering. If unsure how a plant will react to harsh pruning or pruning below the green growth or back to wood that is a few years old, pick a branch that is at the rear of the plant and experiment cutting it back to see how it responds. All plants are different but most proteas don’t like to be pruned to bare wood. Leucadendrons can typically be pruned a little harder. THE King Protea can of course be cut back a stump once established. Make sure you’re careful which summer humidity in Sydney. As they get larger (and grow into each other?) you may need to thin them a little to increase the air flow around them. Hi Ben My rule of thumb with pruning is straight after flowering.
Good pruning practices are developed over time through experimentation I’ve found.
It is important to prune proteas though from an early age to keep them contact and encourage greater flowering.
If unsure how a plant will react to harsh pruning or pruning below the green growth or back to wood that is a few years old, pick a branch that is at the rear of the plant and experiment cutting it back to see how it responds. All plants are different but most proteas don’t like to be pruned to bare wood. Leucadendrons can typically be pruned a little harder. THE King Protea can of course be cut back a stump once established.
Make sure you’re careful which summer humidity in Sydney. As they get larger (and grow into each other?) you may need to thin them a little to increase the air flow around them.

]]> http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/flower-pictures/#comment-882 Ben Davis Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:19:31 +0000 http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/?page_id=521#comment-882 Can I suggest a post with a few tips on pruning the different varieties? I would love to hear some advice on when & where to snip. Also where to expext the new bud/branch sites to appear. Maybe what effects different approaches to pruning might have... Thanks again! Can I suggest a post with a few tips on pruning the different varieties? I would love to hear some advice on when & where to snip. Also where to expext the new bud/branch sites to appear. Maybe what effects different approaches to pruning might have…
Thanks again!

]]> http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/flower-pictures/#comment-881 Ben Davis Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:11:04 +0000 http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/?page_id=521#comment-881 Gday RG, Stumbled accross the site while seeking info on proteas. I too have discovered the enjoyment of raising some of these wonderful plants, and the displays they reward with. Ironically @ 36yo aswell!?. Hailing from west Sydney, I have aquired around a dozen fine specimens and have recently had my first successful attempts at re-potting and pruning for shape. I found available laymans info light on, but found your site very exciting and well set out. Chalk up another convert. Thanks for the effort! Gday RG, Stumbled accross the site while seeking info on proteas. I too have discovered the enjoyment of raising some of these wonderful plants, and the displays they reward with. Ironically @ 36yo aswell!?.
Hailing from west Sydney, I have aquired around a dozen fine specimens and have recently had my first successful attempts at re-potting and pruning for shape. I found available laymans info light on, but found your site very exciting and well set out. Chalk up another convert.
Thanks for the effort!

]]> http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/flower-pictures/#comment-418 admin Thu, 19 May 2011 01:36:35 +0000 http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/?page_id=521#comment-418 Hi Juanita, It all depends where you're located as some are quite rare even here in Australia. If you can give me your location that would be a start. Hi Juanita, It all depends where you’re located as some are quite rare even here in Australia. If you can give me your location that would be a start.

]]> http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/flower-pictures/#comment-381 Juanita Cummings Thu, 12 May 2011 19:25:48 +0000 http://drought-tolerant-plants.com/?page_id=521#comment-381 Hi: I would like to purchase some of these plant. Could you please e-mail how could I purchase these plants. Hi: I would like to purchase some of these plant. Could you please e-mail how could I purchase these plants.

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