What are some tips for pruning my Pinwheel flower?
What are some tips for pruning my Pinwheel flower?

From hedges to containers, in any landscape or garden, annual pruning and regular trims can encourage Pinwheel flower produce beautiful blooms and remain healthy for many years. For your major pruning, use sharp pruning sheers that will make clean cuts to avoid damaging your plants. Make each cut at a 45° angle to encourage healthy new growth. As you are pruning your Pinwheel flower, step back occasionally to check the appearance of the plant to make sure it has the shape you want and that you are pruning it symmetrically. Try not to prune heavily at flowering time, just the dried flowers need to be pruned back as this will affect flowering. A useful approach is to remove only the longer branches and sucker shoots, leaving the blooms closer to the primary stems intact. Finally, as you prune, be on the lookout for mold or mildew. Pinwheel flower is susceptible to fungal or bacterial and you will want to address this problem, removing molded or fungal(bacterial) sections to avoid further damage to your Pinwheel flower.





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Pinwheel flower
A species of Milkwood, Also known as Nero's crown, Milk flower, Paper gardenia
Botanical name: Tabernaemontana divaricata
Genus: Milkwood

Pinwheel flower (Tabernaemontana divaricata) is an evergreen shrub that can grow to 2.5 m tall. White, pinwheel-shaped flowers with a carnation-like fragrance bloom year-round. Easy to grow in light shade to full sun. Popular as a backdrop for gardens and as a natural hedge.
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