Bush Daisy Pruning

Your african bush daisy would survive severe pruning now but if we experience unseasonably warm weather your plant would be fooled into thinking it should put out new growth. Prune all of the daisy stems back by roughly 4 inches 10 cm.

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Bush daisy pruning

Prune in autumn after flowering. The plant usually requires no pruning but a light trim in autumn keeps the plant tidy and maintains the desired size and shape. Grow from seed cuttings or self layering.

Use them to fill out borders and cottage gardens. In fact the bush will readily reseed itself in its habitat. This new growth would be vulnerable if temperatures drop suddenly which is very probable.

X research source this will ensure that as the stems continue to grow and when the flowers re emerge they ll all grow at the same height. African daisy is a perennial in the warm climates of usda plant hardiness zone 9 or 10 and above depending on the variety. Once your african bush daisy has established it has very low maintenance requirements.

Yellow bush daisy thrives in full sunlight and well drained soil. Otherwise the plant is grown as an annual. The lovely flowers.

Plant outside on 18 to 24 inch centers. Start seeds indoors in flats eight weeks before the last expected frost in the cooler zones. The new growth would freeze and damage the plant.

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