How to prune odontonema tubaeforme

Immediately after flowering finishes, typically in late autumn or winter in its native cycle. Cut all flowered stems back by one-half to two-thirds, pruning just above a node or side shoot. Remove thin or dead stems at the base. Once new shoots emerge, tip-pinch them once or twice to build a bushy, multi-stemmed plant before they elongate toward flowering.

Once a year after flowering; one or two tip-pinches during the resulting new growth. Firespike is a tall tropical shrub that produces spikes of scarlet tubular flowers on new growth. Pruning after bloom is essential: it prevents extreme legginess, removes spent flower stems, and triggers the flush of new shoots that will carry next season's flowers. Without pruning it becomes a tall, ungainly plant.

Cut all flowered stems back by one-half to two-thirds, pruning just above a node or side shoot. Remove thin or dead stems at the base. Once new shoots emerge, tip-pinch them once or twice to build a bushy, multi-stemmed plant before they elongate toward flowering.